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conventional
What does conventional mean?
conventional (adjective): following accepted customs and proprieties.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use conventional in a sentence?
- She had strayed from the path of conventional behavior. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce conventional?
/kənˈvɛnʃənl̩/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does conventional come from?
From convention + -al.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of conventional?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “conventional” mean?
following accepted customs and proprieties
Right! That's what “conventional” means.
entire; relating to the whole of something
Not quite: that's what total means.
of higher or the highest quality; splendid
Not quite: that's what excellent means.
in a horizontal line or plane; not sloping
Not quite: that's what flat means.
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