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Conventional (adjective)
Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
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Conventional (adjective)
Ordinary, commonplace.
“They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours.”
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Conventional (adjective)
Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
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Conventional (adjective)
Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.
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Conventional (adjective)
Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
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Conventional (adjective)
In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid.
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Conventional (noun)
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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Traditional (adjective)
Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.
“This dance is one of the traditional customs in the area.”
“I think her traditional values are antiquated.”
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Traditional (adjective)
Communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only.
“traditional expositions of the Scriptures.”
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Traditional (adjective)
Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
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Traditional (adjective)
In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
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Traditional (adjective)
Relating to traditional Chinese.
“simplified”
“The traditional form of the character has twice as many strokes as the simplified form.”
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Traditional (noun)
A traditional beliefs.