conventional

Conventional is defined as someone or something widely accepted, or something related to a convention.

(adjective)

An example of conventional is a bride wearing white on her wedding day.
An example of conventional is the use of pesticides when growing fruits and vegetables.
An example of conventional is a timeline agreed to by an audio visual provider who is providing sound during a convention; a conventional timeline.

See conventional in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

having to do with a convention or assembly
of, sanctioned by, or growing out of custom or usage; customary
1. depending on or conforming to formal or accepted standards or rules rather than nature; not natural, original, or spontaneous: conventional behavior
2. not unusual or extreme; ordinary
stylized; conventionalized
nonnuclear: conventional weapons
Law based on an agreement between parties; contractual

Origin: LL conventionalis

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See conventional in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

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