Conventional Definition

kən-vĕnshə-nəl
adjective
Based on or in accordance with general agreement, use, or practice; customary.
Conventional symbols; a conventional form of address.
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Of, sanctioned by, or growing out of custom or usage; customary.
Webster's New World
Depending on or conforming to formal or accepted standards or rules rather than nature; not natural, original, or spontaneous.
Conventional behavior.
Webster's New World
Devoted to or bound by conventions to the point of artificiality; ceremonious.
American Heritage
Having to do with a convention or assembly.
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(finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.

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Noun

Singular:
conventional
Plural:
conventionals

Conventional Sentence Examples

  • Conventional signs and symbols are universally used in depicting these objects.

  • These are small cups deeply and rudely cut with conventional representations of eagles, lions and griffins.

  • The plan is that of the conventional Roman theatre; the semicircular auditorium, which seated some 5000 persons, is, like that of the Dionysiac theatre, partly hollowed from the rock.

  • The town is within the free-trade area of the conventional basin of the Congo river.

  • A special feature of their art is that, while often closely and minutely imitating natural objects, such as birds, flowers and fishes, the especial objects of their predilection and study, they frequently combine the facts of external nature with a conventional mode of treatment better suited to their purpose.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

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LALNAL

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