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Meaning of conventional | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
/kənˈvɛnʃənl̩/

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. (negative unconventional) according to the accepted standards etc; not outrageous or eccentric. conventional dress; the more conventional forms of art. konvensioneel تَقْليدي общоприет convencional konvenční herkömmlich konventionel; traditionel συμβατικός, τυπικόςconvencional kombekohane معمول؛ قراردادی sovinnainen conventionnelמקובל परम्परागत uobičajen, prihvaćen hagyományos konvensional viðtekinn, venjulegur convenzionale 型にはまった 재래적인 visuotinai priimtas, įprastinis, konvencionalus konvenci...
    negative
  3. vormlikheid تَـقْـليديّه традиционност convencionalismo konvenčnost die Herkömmlichkeit konventionalisme; traditionel holdning συμβατικότητα, τυπικότηταconvencionalismo kombekohasus سنتی یا عرفی بودن sovinnaisuus usage(s) admis שגרה पारंपरिकता konvencionalnost konvenció, szokás, hagyomány adat istiadat siðvenjufesta, viðteknar venjur convenzionalità 因襲 인습, 관례 įprastumas, konvencionalumas konvencionalitāte; pieņemto sabiedrisko normu ievērošana sifat yang konvensional conventionaliteit konvens...
  4. Based on or in accordance with general agreement, use, or practice; customary: conventional symbols; a conventional form of address.
  5. Conforming to established practice or accepted standards; traditional: a conventional church wedding.
  6. Devoted to or bound by conventions to the point of artificiality; ceremonious.
  7. Represented, as in a work of art, in simplified or abstract form.
  8. Law Based on consent or agreement; contractual.
    Law
  9. Of, relating to, or resembling an assembly.
  10. Using means other than nuclear weapons or energy: conventional warfare; conventional power plants.
  11. following the accepted customs and proprieties, esp in a way that lacks originality: conventional habits.

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C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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