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conventional

adj
/kənˈvɛnʃənl̩/

Etymology

From convention + -al.

  1. derived from conventiō
  2. borrowed from convention
  3. suffixed as conventional — “convention + -al”

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and…

    Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.

  2. Ordinary, commonplace.

    • They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours.
    • “You’re not conventional?” Isabel gravely asked. “I like the way you utter that word! No, I’m not conventional: I’m convention itself. You don’t understand that?”

  3. Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.

    2. Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.

    3. In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid.

    4. A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment…

      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.

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Derived

anticonventional, conventionalisation, conventionalise, conventionalism, conventionalist, conventionality, conventionalization, conventionalize, conventionally, conventional memory, conventional mortgage loan, conventional oven, conventional PCI, conventional war, conventional warfare, conventional weapon, conventional weaponry, conventional wisdom, counterconventional, non-conventional, nonconventional, postconventional, preconventional

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at conventional. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at conventional. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at conventional

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA