how to pronounce conventional

/kənˈvɛn.ʃən.əl/

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conventional is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of conventional in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… cuts in britain's conventional forces …”

meaning of conventional

Conventional means following or accepted by convention.

conventional frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word conventional occurs in english on average 39.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics conventional can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that conventional can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;