conventional
US: /kənˈvɛnʃənəɫ/
UK: /kənvˈɛnʃənəl/
UK: /kənvˈɛnʃənəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
conventional /kən'venʃənl/
- tính từ
- quy ước
- theo tập quán, theo tục lệ
- thường
- the conventional type of the car: kiểu ô tô thường
- conventional bombs (weapons): bom (vũ khí) thường (không phải nguyên tử)
- conventional warfare: chiến tranh với vũ khí thường (không phải nguyên tử)
- (nghệ thuật) theo lối cổ truyền
- conventional art: nghệ thuật theo lối cổ truyền
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 (often disapproving) tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general; normal and ordinary, and perhaps not very interesting: conventional behaviour / morality + She's very conventional in her views.
Antonym: UNCONVENTIONAL
2 [usually before noun] following what is traditional or the way sth has been done for a long time: conventional methods / approaches + It's not a hotel, in the conventional sense, but rather a whole village turned into a hotel.
Antonym: UNCONVENTIONAL
3 [usually before noun] (especially of weapons) not nuclear: conventional forces / weapons + A conventional war would still cause unacceptable devastation. + a conventional power station (= using oil or coal as fuel, rather than nuclear power)
conventionality noun [U]
conventionally adverb: conventionally dressed + conventionally grown food (= grown according to conventional methods) + Though not conventionally pretty (= not pretty according to generally accepted ideas of what is pretty), she dressed with flair. + Gross National Product (GNP) is conventionally used to indicate economic development.
Idioms see WISDOM
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
customary, habitual, usual, normal, regular, standard, orthodox, traditional, established, ordinary, everyday, common, commonplace, accustomed, received, agreed; reactionary, old-fashioned, stodgy, stuffy, old hat:
Conventional methods of teaching mathematics are being criticized.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, seem
ADV.
highly, very | entirely, quite, strictly | largely | fairly, pretty, rather, relatively, somewhat
Concise English dictionary
-ʃənl
adj.
+following accepted customs and proprieties
+conforming with accepted standards
+(weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy
+unimaginative and conformist
+represented in simplified or symbolic form
+in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past
+rigidly formal or bound by convention
