conventionalcon‧ven‧tion‧al /kənˈvenʃənəl/ ●●○ W3 AWL adjective 
Internet connections through conventional phone lines are fairly slow. Bake for 20 minutes in a conventional oven; 8 in a microwave.► see thesaurus at normal2always following the behaviour and attitudes that most people in a society consider to be normal, right, and socially acceptable, so that you seem slightly boring: a strong believer in conventional moralsconventional in He is conventional in his approach to life.3(the) conventional wisdom the opinion that most people consider to be normal and right, but that is sometimes shown to be wrong: As traffic grew, the conventional wisdom was to widen the roads.4[only before noun] conventional weapons and wars do not use nuclear explosives or weapons: conventional forces5conventional medicine the usual form of medicine practised in most European and North American countries SYN western medicine—conventionally adverb—conventionality /kənˌvenʃəˈnæləti/ noun [uncountable]
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Conventional wisdom holds that more money for education means better schools for children.
- A microwave cooks food much faster than a conventional oven.
- a new proposal to limit conventional weapons in Europe
- a young man with conventional tastes in clothes and music
- Acupuncture may work, but I still believe in a more conventional approach to medicine.
- Although expensive, it lasts longer and uses less energy than a conventional light bulb.
- Her outrageous stage act is seen as a challenge to conventional morality.
- My mother was very conventional - she didn't approve of my hippie lifestyle.
- Rosemary led a quiet, conventional life until she went to college.
- She ended her letter with a conventional "Yours Sincerely."
- The hospital provides both conventional and alternative medical treatments.
- In conventional data processing, on the other hand, files are seen as a department or single application resource.
- It can be used to transmit computer data to and from sites where conventional lines are not available.
- That was the conventional wisdom in conventional Western business circles, in cautious places like New York and Frankfurt.
- The zone blitz can fluster an offense because it looks nothing like a conventional blitz.
- They argued that the use of atomic weapons violated both conventional and customary international law.
- This feeling has nothing to do with conventional views about conduct, or conventional morality, or ethics.
- Urging restraint in the development of conventional forces, the statement said that otherwise these could exacerbate political tensions.
THESAURUS
usual, typical, and as you would expect it to be: · Is this cold weather normal for the time of year?· It had been another normal working day in the office.
(also regular especially American English) not special, unusual, or different from normal: · They lived in an ordinary three-bedroomed house.· It looks like an ordinary car, but it uses solar power.· Would you like a regular salad or a Caesar salad?· I just want an ordinary bicycle, not a mountain bike.
[only before noun] around the usual level or amount: · She is of average height.· He is of above average intelligence.· The average price of a pint of milk has gone up.
normal – used about methods of doing something, or about the size, shape, features etc of products: · It’s standard practice to X-ray hand-baggage at most airports.· We stock shoes in all the standard sizes.
used about things that are done regularly as part of a series of things: · The fault was discovered during a routine check of the plane.· routine tasks such as shopping and cooking
[only before noun] used about things that happen or that you use as part of normal life: · He painted scenes of everyday life in France.· Sally was still dressed in her everyday clothes.
used about birds and plants that are of the most usual type, and in the phrase the common people (=people who are not rich and powerful): · the common goldfish· an alliance between the aristocracy and the common people
[only before noun] of the kind that is usually used – used when comparing this with a different or special type: · The engine is more efficient than a conventional diesel engine.· the drugs used in conventional medicine· conventional weapons (=not nuclear, chemical, or biological)· conventional ovens and microwaves
Longman Language Activatorconventional conventional people, behaviour, and opinions are the type that most people in society think are normal and socially acceptable, although some people think they are boring and old-fashioned: · Rosemary led a quiet, conventional life until she went to college.· Her outrageous stage act is seen as a challenge to conventional morality.· Acupuncture may work, but I still believe in a more conventional approach to medicine.
thinking and behaving like everyone else, because you do not want to be different: · Your problem is that you are too conformist in your thinking.· Our children's creativity is being beaten down by the conformist educational system.
informal conventional and often fairly boring: · Paul's quite nice but he's awfully straight.· I can't stand it when your friends come to visit - they're so straight.
a conservative person is fairly old-fashioned in their attitudes, beliefs, styles of clothes etc, and does not like change or new ideas. Old-fashioned attitudes, beliefs, styles etc can also be called conservative: · June's parents were very conservative and wouldn't allow her to date till she was 18.· middle-aged men in conservative business suits
especially British typical of the attitudes and way of life of people who are conventional and ordinary, and who disapprove of anyone who does not live or behave like them: · She hated her parents' suburban attitudes.· Despite her suburban clothes and appearance she was popular at college.
doing things in a way that have existed for a long time, and not interested in anything new or different: · Many traditional teachers still think of computers as useless toys.· His critics objected to the way he broke many of the traditional rules of art.
unconventional very different from the way people usually behave, think, dress etc: · His business methods were unconventional but successful.· Her unconventional opinions finally cost her her job.· The two never lived in the same house, but their unconventional marriage lasted over 30 years.
alternative methods, ideas, ways of living etc are completely different from the ones that most people think are normal, and are based on different principles: alternative medicine/lifestyle/music etc: · Alternative medicine can cure many problems but not diseases like cancer.· San Francisco has a long history of accepting the city's many alternative lifestyles.
ideas, behaviour, or methods that are unorthodox are original and different from what is usual or the accepted principles of a profession, religion etc: · There was no tolerance of unorthodox political views.· Treating the disease with a diet rather than with medicine is an unorthodox approach that few doctors recommend.
not wanting to think or behave in the same way as most ordinary people, or to follow accepted ways of doing things: · As a writer he remained nonconformist all his life, always searching for new means of expression.
to decide not to work or take part in normal society because you want to be different and live life your own way: · He advised young people to "turn on, tune in, and drop out".drop out of: · She decided to drop out of the rat race because she couldn't stand working 60 hours a week.
normal behaviour or feelings if a person is normal , there is nothing strange about them, and they are mentally and physically healthy: · Any normal boy of his age would be interested in football.· Her breathing was normal, but she had a very high temperature.it is normal (for somebody) to do something: · It is quite normal for children to be afraid of the dark.· When you start a new job, it's normal to feel somewhat overwhelmed.perfectly normal (=completely normal): · They seemed like a perfectly normal family.
feelings that are natural are what you would normally expect in a particular situation, so there is no need to feel worried or embarrassed about them: · Anger is a natural reaction when you lose someone you love.it is natural (for somebody) to do something: · I suppose it's natural for a mother to feel sad when her children leave home.· It isn't natural for a child to be so quiet.perfectly/quite natural (=completely natural): · It's perfectly natural to grieve for the loss of a pet.it's only natural spoken: · Of course Jean misses her boyfriend - it's only natural.it's only natural that: · It's only natural that people who spend a lot of time around computers either love them or hate them.
conventional people, behaviour, and opinions are the kind that most people in society think are normal and socially acceptable, although some people think they are boring and old-fashioned: · My mother was very conventional - she didn't approve of my hippie lifestyle.· a young man with conventional tastes in clothes and musicconventional wisdom (=the opinion that most people consider to be normal and right): · Conventional wisdom holds that more money for education means better schools for children.
spoken use this to say that is it normal for people to want to do something: · It's human nature to want what we don't have.
not special or unusual ordinary things are not special or unusual: · It's just an ordinary house in an ordinary street.· He wore an ordinary business suit with a white shirt and tie.· Can you get connected to the Internet through an ordinary telephone line?· Gillman's known for her photographs of ordinary household items.
something that is normal is just as you would expect it to be, because it is not special or different: · The new Ford looks like any normal car, but it has a special advanced engine.· January 2nd is a public holiday in Scotland, but in England it is a normal working day.· Once the pain has gone away, you can resume your normal activities.perfectly normal: · It was a perfectly normal flight until the plane suddenly started to shake.it's normal: · It may have seemed unusually cold recently but experts say it's normal for this time of year.above/below normal: · Tides will be six feet above normal this afternoon.
an average thing is a typical example of a particular type of thing: · The average bagel has 190 calories.· In an average week I watch about 20 hours of TV.
normal - use this especially about products or methods that are the most usual type, without any special features: standard model/size/shape/pattern (=not special): · We make shoes in all standard sizes.· Prices start at $15,489 for the standard model.standard practice/procedure (=the way a job is usually done): · All hand-baggage was X-rayed - this is now standard practice at most airports.· Drug tests are a standard procedure following train accidents.standard English/pronunciation/spelling (=normally accepted as correct): · Students are encouraged to learn standard English because this is what they will need to know in the business world.
use this about something that is done regularly as part of the normal system and not because of any special problem: routine check/inspection/examination etc: · The fault was discovered during a routine check of the plane.· Police found the heroin during a routine inspection of a ship.· It was on a Saturday 15 years ago that, during a routine visit to the doctor, I learned I had cancer.
a conventional method, piece of equipment, weapon etc is of the normal type that has been used for a long time - use this especially when you are comparing one thing with something else that is new or different: · A microwave cooks food much faster than a conventional oven.· The hospital provides both conventional and alternative medical treatments.conventional weapons/arms/bombs etc (=not nuclear weapons): · a new proposal to limit conventional weapons in Europe
use this about the ordinary work, activities, and problems that happen every day: · As Managing Director, I am responsible for the day-to-day management of the company.· Reeve decided to immerse himself in the day-to-day affairs of his company until business improved.
especially American ordinary but good enough for a particular purpose: · If they don't have Tylenol, just get me regular aspirin.· Even though the dye is quite strong, a regular shampoo will remove it.
mainstream books, ideas, organizations etc are not strange or extreme in any way, and are therefore popular with or suitable for most ordinary people: · After starting out as a romance novelist, she decided to try writing mainstream fiction.· Most disabled students are integrated into the mainstream educational system.· The mainstream political parties are losing support to smaller, more radical organizations.
ordinary, usual, or happening every day: · Noland makes sculptures out of everyday objects.· Arthritis made it difficult for him to do everyday things like take out the garbage or mow the lawn.· The first week of the course is spent teaching students English phrases needed for everyday life.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a lack of concern for conventional morality
(=ordinary modern medicine)· Some sufferers reject conventional medicine.
a lack of concern for conventional morality (=not nuclear)· A conventional war would still cause unacceptable devastation.
(=not nuclear)· They had a stronger conventional warfare capability.
(=not nuclear)· With conventional weapons, the destruction is not so drastic.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· There are, however, more conventional definitions of the Ocean's limits.· Paquita and I had always liked each other, but I knew she would have preferred me to be more conventional.· Eveleigh L.J. was more conventional in the form of his approach.· To catch up, Smith designed drill bits featuring synthetic diamonds with curved surfaces, rather than more conventional flat versions.· He reached for a more conventional musical palette, strings and woodwinds.· Would it be wiser to use a more conventional vehicle for a down payment?· The third development, the Lanterns, built to a more conventional design, was being completed during the survey period.· The principal directed her to stop discussing school politics, to teach economics, and to use more conventional teaching methods.
NOUN· But after World War 11 scholars with new ideas began to challenge conventional approaches.· Managers found themselves wondering whether a conventional approach could replace the neural network.· The conventional approach to such questions is to use ordinary least squares regression methods, which are often unsatisfactory.· They offer several advantages over conventional approaches.· Most advocates of the conventional approach to systems development would accept that there is a need for at least this level of participation.· The conventional approach to nature was about to undergo a change, and that change was already making itself felt.· There are a number of points in favour of the conventional approach.
· There are fundamental limits to how fast a conventional computer can go.· Neural networks and conventional computers could be combined in a number of ways.· Computers and the Brain A conventional computer is typically a single processor acting on explicitly programmed instructions.· Database management systems are currently host-resident on conventional computers.· There is no question of making conventional computers obsolete.· In general, the examples exhibit behaviors that are more characteristic of people than of conventional computers.
· Prior to Sandys the orthodox military priesthood had seen nuclear weapons as being in support of conventional forces.· Meanwhile, its conventional forces are plenty good enough to banish the nuclear option to the realm of the theoretical.· Urging restraint in the development of conventional forces, the statement said that otherwise these could exacerbate political tensions.· Yet our conventional forces have not made an equivalent leap into the future.· Before 1957 was out, world events were sowing the seeds of a conventional forces counter-reformation.· First, he said, the treaty on conventional forces would likely be thrown overboard.· That would be much more likely if Mr Gorbachev could reduce his conventional forces and weaponry in the Warsaw Pact.· Throughout the alliance the will was lacking to create conventional forces on the scale needed to balance those of the Eastern bloc.
· A main reason for their conversion from companies in the conventional form has been the maintenance of employment.· Despite worries to the contrary, pressed flowers photograph well and make a refreshing change from more conventional forms of artwork.· I would often rather read it than more conventional forms of literary scholarship.· Any conventional form of understanding must appropriate the other, in an act of violence and reduction.
· Once nasty enough, this virus would start spreading by more conventional means.· They can not be driven from their burrows by conventional means.· They became less willing to transfer capital to the most troubled borrowers by the conventional means of foreign direct investment.· I hadn't enough money to get there by conventional means but no matter.
· This tremendous progress of conventional medicine in the present century has confirmed belief in the treatment by opposites.· Currently, the problems people go online with the most are the problems that conventional medicine helps the least.· Much of conventional medicine has its roots in traditional medicine.· Many of them have been failed by conventional medicine or have rejected it.· Large areas of conventional medicine thus represent particular aspects of traditional medicine systematically developed and extended.· It works in a totally different way from conventional medicine, which is known to Homoeopathic practitioners as Allopathy.
· Why use these techniques when to many conventional methods such as culture and serology are available?· Earlier studies on the deposit indicated the copper ore can be treated using conventional methods.· In theory, all these tasks could be done by conventional methods, i.e. paste-up, longhand correction, etc.· The company says it should make sanding three or four times faster than conventional methods.· Freeing glued joints I have tried to dismantle an old chair using conventional methods but the glued joints won't budge.· If these were built by conventional methods, they would need hundreds, rather than dozens, of layers.· A combinatory method loses some of the prestigious closeness to scientific rigour which a feminist psychology with a conventional method retains.· The combination of these methods provides optimum cooking quality and shorter cooking times of up to five times less than conventional methods.
· Individual response to the altered conditions was, as might be expected, conditioned by conventional morality.· Freed from the trappings of conventional morality, Van Ness is at liberty to invent his own.· This feeling has nothing to do with conventional views about conduct, or conventional morality, or ethics.· These urban comedies portrayed a new moral code in opposition to conventional morality.
· In the conventional sense of the word, which conveys some sort of harmony with the natural world, it certainly was.· Being able to work with others does not necessarily mean fitting in in a conventional sense.· It is not, however, an organising school in the conventional sense.· In its view, there is not the time, the manpower or even the need to spy in the conventional sense.
· How does it compare with integrated or conventional systems?· The technology is showing a great deal of promise in areas that have posed problems for conventional systems.· In Section 1.2 some critical comments were made of conventional systems analysis.· A language is often defined as a conventional system for communication, a system for conveying messages.· Where data analysis differs from conventional systems analysis is that it separates the data structures from the applications which use them.
· The conventional treatment for large tumours, deep within the body, is to bombard them with powerful doses of gamma radiation.· A photograph showed a little girl with a twisted hip and shortened leg after more than a year of conventional treatment.· She had some ketoacidosis and responded to conventional treatment.· Such a possibility should be considered in all patients with unstable asthma that is difficult to control with conventional treatment.· He had suffered severe migraine which did not respond to conventional treatment.
· The conventional view would be that our patient had asymptomatic coeliac disease and developed a lymphoma, which precipitated the initial presentation.· Our view of the future of elite workers differs radically from the conventional view.· The conventional view, then as now, was that Lanfranc had carried all before him in asserting the rights of Canterbury.· This feeling has nothing to do with conventional views about conduct, or conventional morality, or ethics.· This conventional view is summed up by the dominant reactions to the 1981 Brixton disorders.· But the conventional view may be too narrow.· Those who rejected the conventional view and took up the cause of Czechoslovakian children were largely outside the mainstream of refugee aid.· The conventional view is that some polysymptomatic patients have a psychologically based disability.These patients are extremely suggestible.
· He does care about his own looks, but not in the conventional way.· The faculty at Thayer have decided to challenge the conventional ways of thinking about preparing students for the world after school.· The conventional way of looking at adolescence does, at any rate, emphasise some such division.· Does this mean that conventional ways are mistaken and should be abandoned?· But the challenge is also being met in more conventional ways, and many chemicals look promising as potential anti-viral agents.· Women found him charming and attractive, though not in the most conventional way.· Pareto analysis is a conventional way of establishing this.
· With conventional weapons, the destruction is not so drastic, far more controlled, and more accurate and economical.· It was battle scarred, but mountains are not vulnerable to conventional weapons.· Armies are the main conventional weapon and have been around for over five millennia in various forms.· Nowhere was this more evident than in the marked differences in the handling of collaboration in the atomic and conventional weapons fields.· Mitterrand suggested extending Bush's measures to chemical and biological as well as conventional weapons and applying the plan globally.· Development studies During the last decade, the international trade in conventional weapons has almost doubled in volume every five years.
· Great leaders are seldom anticipated or understood by the conventional wisdom of their own time.· The past 12 months have seen developments that have thrown out the window much conventional wisdom about the business.· This pre-eminently is an occasion when we would expect the conventional wisdom to lose touch with the reality.· There will be many a swing in both conventional wisdom and political fortunes between now and November.· He set out a scenario which ran against the conventional wisdom at the time.· These attitudes have persisted in the conventional wisdom.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[only before noun] a conventional method, product, practice etc has been used for a long time and is considered the usual type: - Conventional wisdom says that gang members must be reached early to change.
- All that, at least, is the conventional wisdom.
- Around here, the conventional wisdom is that the number and volume of charges are more politically important than subsequent facts.
- As usual, conventional wisdom may not be wholly right.
- But the conventional wisdom might be wrong.
- He set out a scenario which ran against the conventional wisdom at the time.
- Keynes, as we shall see presently, was on his way to being the new fountainhead of conventional wisdom.
- The conventional wisdom of the late 1970s blamed Britain's high unemployment on the trade unions, which priced workers out of jobs.
- They had broken decisively with the conventional wisdom of the traditionalist and mercantilist society.
- Currently, the problems people go online with the most are the problems that conventional medicine helps the least.
- It works in a totally different way from conventional medicine, which is known to Homoeopathic practitioners as Allopathy.
- Large areas of conventional medicine thus represent particular aspects of traditional medicine systematically developed and extended.
- Many of them have been failed by conventional medicine or have rejected it.
- Much of conventional medicine has its roots in traditional medicine.
- This tremendous progress of conventional medicine in the present century has confirmed belief in the treatment by opposites.
- Before 1957 was out, world events were sowing the seeds of a conventional forces counter-reformation.
- It committed the forthcoming summit to draw up a mandate for negotiations on short-range nuclear forces.
- It was also important to demonstrate the ability of nuclear forces to ride out a surprise attack.
- Meanwhile, its conventional forces are plenty good enough to banish the nuclear option to the realm of the theoretical.
- Prior to Sandys the orthodox military priesthood had seen nuclear weapons as being in support of conventional forces.
- Urging restraint in the development of conventional forces, the statement said that otherwise these could exacerbate political tensions.
- Yet our conventional forces have not made an equivalent leap into the future.
- Clear-thinking organizations rely on cost justification to reveal these truths, even if they run counter to current plans and conventional wisdom.
- Evidence introduced to bolster orthodoxy in one field frequently carried unforeseen implications for conventional wisdom in another.
- He set out a scenario which ran against the conventional wisdom at the time.
- Nothing is more completely accepted in the conventional wisdom than the cliche that economic life is endlessly and inherently uncertain.
- That is all as it should be: but there are some dangers in conventional wisdom.
- This pre-eminently is an occasion when we would expect the conventional wisdom to lose touch with the reality.
- Under the stress of circumstance, the conventional wisdom is rejected.
- We repudiated entirely customary morals, conventions and traditional wisdom.
Internet connections through conventional phone lines are fairly slow. Bake for 20 minutes in a conventional oven; 8 in a microwave.► see thesaurus at normal2always following the behaviour and attitudes that most people in a society consider to be normal, right, and socially acceptable, so that you seem slightly boring: a strong believer in conventional moralsconventional in He is conventional in his approach to life.3(the) conventional wisdom the opinion that most people consider to be normal and right, but that is sometimes shown to be wrong: As traffic grew, the conventional wisdom was to widen the roads.4[only before noun] conventional weapons and wars do not use nuclear explosives or weapons: conventional forces5conventional medicine the usual form of medicine practised in most European and North American countries SYN western medicine—conventionally adverb—conventionality /kənˌvenʃəˈnæləti/ noun [uncountable]