Used and accepted by most people usual or traditional;
Of a kind that has been around for a long time and is considered to be usual or typical
A convention influences a set of agreed, stipulated, or generally accepted standards, social norms, or other criteria, often taking the form of a custom.
In physical sciences, numerical.
Conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste.
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Conventional is an adjective for things that are normal, ordinary, and following the accepted way.
This word describes what is typical and ordinary and that which follows accepted.
Someone who is conventional has behaviour or opinions that are ordinary and normal.
A respectable married woman with conventional opinions.
Traditional and ordinary:
Used to refer to weapons that are not nuclear, or to methods of.
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There are 14 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word conventional, one of which is labelled obsolete.
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The meaning of conventional is formed by agreement or compact.
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