conventional sense

collocation in English

meaningsofconventionalandsense

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conventional
adjective
uk
/kənˈven.ʃən.əl/us
/kənˈven.ʃən.əl/
traditional ...
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sense
noun
uk
/sens/us
/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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(Definition ofconventionalandsensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconventional sense

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It is not appropriate to review the book in theconventionalsense.
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For stable flies, researchers have relied on objects coated with sticky materials, rather than traps in theconventionalsense.
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When teacher learning is seen as negotiating identity and positioning knowledge, the notion of context in itsconventionalsensedisappears.
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The major stumbling block, of course, was that there was no trace of the painting, let alone a crime of passion in theconventionalsense.
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These results imply that with a monetary expansion the price effects are neutral in aconventionalsense.
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Designing creative systems solve problems in aconventionalsense, this is insufficient for creativity.
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The space left for individual expression and artistic creation in theconventionalsenseis minimal.
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By its terms the statute prohibits no constitutionally protected activity, and thus, whatever else its defects, it certainly is not overbroad in theconventionalsense.
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Beauty in theconventionalsenseis irrelevant.
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In other words, the exploitation of the resource is constrained by the available effort, and the situation will not be an open access equilibrium in theconventionalsense.
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Few of the residents were interviewed in theconventionalsensebecause of their advanced dementia but many were capable of warm exchanges, vividly captured in speech and photographs.
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It refers to truthfulness in theconventionalsense, and also, more significantly, to an authenticity of character demonstrated by a willingness to confront the ' realities ' of the human condition.
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Art is not primarily about 'mind' and 'culture' in anyconventionalsense, but rather a result of, and a developmental resource for, the unfolding of human-environment systems in specific contexts.
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The university for industry is a virtual institution and will not have a headquarters in theconventionalsense.
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But let me consider first violence in theconventionalsense, of crimes of violence.
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The youngsters will not be at work in theconventionalsense; they will be receiving training.
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I am an outsider and someone who is now not herself a practising farmer but who works within the acceptedconventionalsense.
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It is not a privatisation in theconventionalsense, and for that we are grateful.
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My general reason is that this is not a capital asset in theconventionalsense.
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Individual citizens have felt that staff associations can meet their legitimate aspirations more effectively than a trade union in theconventionalsense.
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