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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Conventional \Con*ven"tion*al\, a. [L. conventionalis: cf. F.
     conventionnel.]
     1. Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Conventional services reserved by tenures upon
              grants, made out of the crown or knights' service.
                                                    --Sir M. Hale.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit
        agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage;
        formal. ``Conventional decorum.'' --Whewell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The conventional language appropriated to monarchs.
                                                    --Motley.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The ordinary salutations, and other points of social
              behavior, are conventional.           --Latham.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Fine Arts)
        (a) Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical
            or of artistic rules.
        (b) Abstracted; removed from close representation of
            nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be
            represented and what is to be rejected; as, a
            conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf.
            Conventionalize, v. t.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Conventional \Con*ven"tion*al\, a. [L. conventionalis: cf. F.
     conventionnel.]
     1. Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.
  
              Conventional services reserved by tenures upon
              grants, made out of the crown or knights' service.
                                                    --Sir M. Hale.
  
     2. Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit
        agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage;
        formal. ``Conventional decorum.'' --Whewell.
  
              The conventional language appropriated to monarchs.
                                                    --Motley.
  
              The ordinary salutations, and other points of social
              behavior, are conventional.           --Latham.
  
     3. (Fine Arts)
        (a) Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical
            or of artistic rules.
        (b) Abstracted; removed from close representation of
            nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be
            represented and what is to be rejected; as, a
            conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf.
            Conventionalize, v. t.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  conventional
       adj 1: following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional
              wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of
              conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of
              address" [ant: unconventional, unconventional]
       2: conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of
          the world" [syn: established]
       3: (weapons) using non-nuclear energy for propulsion or
          destruction; "conventional warfare"; "conventional
          weapons" [ant: nuclear]
       4: unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois
          lives"; "conventional attitudes" [ant: unconventional]
       5: represented in simplified or symbolic form [syn: formal, schematic]
       6: in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted
          from the past; "a conventional church wedding with the
          bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake"
       7: rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious
          greetings did not seem heartfelt" [syn: ceremonious]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  conventional
     Αγγλικά a.
     συμβατικός, συνηθισμένος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  conventional
     a.
     1 Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted
  principles, methods and behaviour.
     2 ordinary, commonplace.
     n.
     (lb en finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond
  paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months
  until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and
  the return of the principal.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  conventional
     a.
     1 Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted
  principles, methods and behaviour.
     2 ordinary, commonplace.
     n.
     (lb en finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond
  paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months
  until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and
  the return of the principal.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  conventional
     a.
     1 Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted
  principles, methods and behaviour.
     2 ordinary, commonplace.
     n.
     (lb en finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond
  paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months
  until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and
  the return of the principal.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  conventional
     a.
     1 Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted
  principles, methods and behaviour.
     2 ordinary, commonplace.
     n.
     (lb en finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond
  paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months
  until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and
  the return of the principal.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  conventional
     Englanti a.
     konventionaalinen, sovinnainen, tavanomainen, totunnainen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  conventional
     Engelska a.
     konventionell, sedvanlig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Conventional /kənvˈɛnʃənəl/
  تقليدي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  conventional //kənˈvɛnʃənəl// 
  обикновен, стандартен, традиционен
  ordinary, commonplace