conventional

adj.

1. Based on or in accordance with general agreement, use, or practice; customary: conventional symbols; a conventional form of address.
2. Conforming to established practice or accepted standards; traditional: a conventional church wedding.
3. 1. Devoted to or bound by conventions to the point of artificiality; ceremonious.
   2. Unimaginative; conformist: longed to escape from their conventional, bourgeois lives.
4. Represented, as in a work of art, in simplified or abstract form.
5. Law. Based on consent or agreement; contractual.
6. Of, relating to, or resembling an assembly.
7. Using means other than nuclear weapons or energy: conventional warfare; conventional power plants.

conventionalism con·ven'tion·al·ism n.
conventionalist con·ven'tion·al·ist n.
conventionally con·ven'tion·al·ly adv.

adjective

1. Generally approved or agreed upon: accepted, orthodox, received, recognized, sanctioned. See accept/reject, agree/disagree, straight/bent, usual/unusual.
2. Conforming to established practice or standards: button-down, conformist, establishmentarian, orthodox, straight, traditional. Slang square. See usual/unusual.
3. Fond of or given to ceremony: ceremonious, courtly, formal, punctilious. See courtesy/discourtesy.

adj

Definition: common, normal
Antonyms: abnormal, exotic, foreign, irregular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, uncustomary, unusual

adj

Definition: unoriginal
Antonyms: different, exotic, foreign, new, original, strange, unique

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Derived from or contingent upon the mutual agreement of the parties, as opposed to that created by or dependent upon a statute or other act of the law.

A conventional home mortgage is one in which the interest rate is agreed upon by the parties to it: the borrower and the lender.

Common misspelling(s) of conventional

• convential

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - konventionel, vedtagen, traditionel

idioms:

• conventional memory    konventionel hukommelse; i computere
• conventional wisdom    den almindelige opfattelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
conventioneel, gewoon, niet-nucleair

Français (French)
adj. - conventionnel, conformiste, traditionnel, (Mil) conventionnel

idioms:

• conventional memory    mémoire collective
• conventional wisdom    sagesse populaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - konventionell, herkömmlich

idioms:

• conventional memory    Standardspeicher
• conventional wisdom    allgemeiner Glaube

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συμβατικός, στερούμενος πρωτοτυπίας, κοινότοπος

idioms:

• conventional memory    (Η/Υ) συμβατική μνήμη
• conventional wisdom    κοινή λογική

Italiano (Italian)
convenzionale

idioms:

• conventional wisdom    buon senso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - convencional, formal, estipulado (Jur.)

idioms:

• conventional wisdom    sabedoria (f) popular

Русский (Russian)
традиционный, обычный

idioms:

• conventional wisdom    житейская мудрость (неодобр.)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - convencional

idioms:

• conventional memory    memoria convencional
• conventional wisdom    ideas convencionales, opinión ortodoxa

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - konventionell, sedvanlig, vedertagen, traditionsbunden, traditionell, stiliserad, överenskommen

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
传统的, 约定的, 习惯的, 常规的

idioms:

• conventional memory    常规存储器
• conventional wisdom    一般人的意见, 流行的看法, 常识

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 傳統的, 約定的, 習慣的, 常規的

idioms:

• conventional memory    常規記憶體
• conventional wisdom    一般人的意見, 流行的看法, 常識

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 전통적인, 틀에 박힌, 협정에 관한, 대회의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 型にはまった, 慣習的な, 通常の, 会議の

idioms:

• conventional wisdom    一般通念

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) تقليدي, عرفي, اصطلاحي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רווח, רגיל, שגרתי‬

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