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Conventional Kənˈvenʃənl Turned Adjective Bre Behaviour/Morality She's Views

Word conventional
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / kənˈvenʃənl / NAmE / kənˈvenʃənl /
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  • conventional behaviour/morality
  • she's very conventional in her views.
  • conventional methods/approaches
  • conventional medicine
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conventional

(adjective)BrE / kənˈvenʃənl / NAmE / kənˈvenʃənl /
  1. tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general; normal and ordinary, and perhaps not very interesting
    • opposite unconventional
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/unconventional
    • conventional behaviour/morality
    • She's very conventional in her views.
  2. following what is traditional or the way something has been done for a long time
    • opposite unconventional
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/unconventional
    • conventional methods/approaches
    • conventional medicine
    • It's not a hotel, in the conventional sense, but rather a whole village turned into a hotel.
    • You can use a microwave or cook it in a conventional oven.
  3. not nuclear
    • conventional forces/weapons
    • A conventional war would still cause unacceptable devastation.
    • a conventional power station (= using oil or coal as fuel, rather than nuclear power)

    Extra Examples

    • He turned out to be a very conventional young man.
    • Her face is not beautiful in conventional terms.
    • It’s not a hotel in the conventional sense, rather a whole village turned into a hotel.
    • My sister was taught to read by more conventional methods.
    • Raising such a large amount of money from conventional sources would be difficult.
    • She had a fairly conventional start to her career.
    • The imagery in the poem is somewhat conventional.
    • They rejected what they saw as the hypocrisy of conventional society.

    Word Origin

    • late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to a formal agreement or convention’): from French conventionnel or late Latin conventionalis, from Latin conventio(n-) ‘meeting, covenant’, from the verb convenire ‘assemble, agree, fit’, from con- ‘together’ + venire ‘come’.
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