CONVENTIONAL / RECEIVED WISDOM

Meaning of CONVENTIONAL / RECEIVED WISDOM in English

the view or belief that most people hold :

Conventional wisdom has it that riots only ever happen in cities.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

CONVENTIONAL — adj conventional
Interlingua English vocab
RECEIVED — (Verb) madawat
English-Visayan vocabulary
RECEIVED — adjective Date: 15th century generally accepted ; common
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CONVENTIONAL — I. -chən ə l, -chnəl adjective Etymology: Late Latin conventionalis, from Latin convention-, conventio convention + -alis -al 1. a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WISDOM — ˈwizdəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wīsdōm, from wīs wise + -dōm -dom 1. usually …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RECEIVED — (imp. & p. p.) of Receive
Английский словарь Webster
CONVENTIONAL — (a.) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what …
Английский словарь Webster
RECEIVED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Receive
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CONVENTIONAL — ( a. ) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WISDOM — — wisdomless , adj. /wiz"deuhm/ , n. 1. the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RECEIVED — /ri seevd"/ , adj. generally or traditionally accepted; conventional; standard: a received moral idea. [ 1400-50; late ME; see RECEIVE, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CONVENTIONAL — — conventionalist , n. — conventionally , adv. /keuhn ven"sheuh nl/ , adj. 1. conforming or adhering to accepted standards, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WISDOM — n. knowledge; insight, common sense ; opinion; reason; words of wisdom
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RECEIVED — adj. accepted, gotten, taken in
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WISDOM — Date: circa 1440 : a didactic book included in the Roman Catholic canon of the Old Testament and corresponding to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WISDOM — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wīsdōm, from wīs wise Date: before 12th century 1. a. : accumulated philosophic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RECEIVED — Date: 15th century : generally accepted : common a healthy skepticism about received explanations — B. K. Lewalski
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CONVENTIONAL — adjective Date: 15th century 1. : formed by agreement or compact 2. a. : according with, sanctioned by, or based …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WISDOM — adj the results of wise judgments; scientific or practical truth; acquired knowledge; erudition. 2. wisdom ·adj the quality of being …
Webster English vocab
RECEIVED — impf & ·p.p. of receive.
Webster English vocab
CONVENTIONAL — adj formed by agreement or compact; stipulated. 2. conventional ·adj based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic …
Webster English vocab
RECEIVED — adjective widely accepted as authoritative or true. → receivables
Concise Oxford English vocab
WISDOM — [wis.dom] n [ME, fr. OE wisdom, fr. wis wise] (bef. 12c) 1 a: accumulated philosophic or scientific learning: knowledge b: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RECEIVED — [received] adj (15c): generally accepted: common "a healthy skepticism about ~ explanations --B. K. Lewalski"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WISDOM — wisdom, W\~ BrE AmE ˈwɪz dəm ▶ ˈ wisdom tooth BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CONVENTIONAL — conventional BrE AmE kən ˈven t ʃ ə n‿ ə l § \ ( ˌ ) kɒn- ▷ conventional|ism ɪz …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WISDOM — / ˈwɪzdəm; NAmE / noun [ U ] 1. the ability to make sensible decisions and give good advice because …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RECEIVED — / rɪˈsiːvd; NAmE / adjective [ only before noun ] ( formal ) accepted by most people as being correct …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONVENTIONAL — / kənˈvenʃənl; NAmE / adjective 1. (often disapproving ) tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WISDOM — wis ‧ dom /ˈwɪzdəm/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: wis ; ⇨ ↑ wise 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RECEIVED — re ‧ ceived /rɪˈsiːvd/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ receipt , receipts, ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CONVENTIONAL — con ‧ ven ‧ tion ‧ al W3 AC /kənˈvenʃ ə nəl/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . [only before noun] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WISDOM — n. 1 the state of being wise. 2 experience and knowledge together with the power of applying them critically or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WISDOM — n. 1 the state of being wise. 2 experience and knowledge together with the power of applying them critically or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WISDOM — n.1 the state of being wise. 2 experience and knowledge together with the power of applying them critically or practically. …
Oxford English vocab
WISDOM — ( wisdoms) 1. Wisdom is the ability to use your experience and knowledge in order to make sensible decisions or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RECEIVED — The received opinion about something or the received way of doing something is generally accepted by people as being correct. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONVENTIONAL — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is conventional has behaviour …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WISDOM — (~s) 1. Wisdom is the ability to use your experience and knowledge in order to make sensible decisions or judgments. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
RECEIVED — The ~ opinion about something or the ~ way of doing something is generally accepted by people as being correct. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CONVENTIONAL — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is ~ has behaviour …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WISDOM — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES received opinion/wisdom etc (= the opinion most people have ) ▪ The received wisdom is …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RECEIVED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an accepted/received notion (= an idea that most people believe ) ▪ These women challenged …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CONVENTIONAL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a conventional war (= not nuclear ) ▪ A conventional war would still cause unacceptable …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WISDOM — [noun] [U]One certainly hopes to gain a little wisdom as one grows older.He's got a weekly radio programme in which …
Cambridge English vocab
RECEIVED — [adjective] [before noun; not gradable] [formal] - generally accepted as being right or correct because it is based on authorityYou …
Cambridge English vocab
CONVENTIONAL — [adjective]conventional behaviour/attitudes/opinions/clothesa conventional weddingThey're such a conventional family - they must have been horrified when their son died his hair …
Cambridge English vocab
WISDOM — Synonyms and related words : Sophia, adage, advantage, advantageousness, advisability, ana, analects, aphorism, apothegm, apprehension, appropriateness, axiom, beneficialness, broad-mindedness, byword, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RECEIVED — Synonyms and related words : Christian, accepted, acclaimed, acknowledged, admired, admitted, advocated, affirmed, allowed, applauded, approved, authentic, authenticated, authoritative, avowed, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RECEIVED — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: ORTHODOX 1, accepted, authoritative, canonical, sanctioned, sound
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CONVENTIONAL — adj. Function: adjective 1 according with or based on generally accepted and well-established usage FF1C; took a very conventional view …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CONVENTIONAL — adjective 1. according with or based on generally accepted and well-established usage took a very conventional view of his duty …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
WISDOM — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep , great , profound ▪ accepted , common , conventional , folk , perceived , popular …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
RECEIVED — adj. Received is used with these nouns: ↑ wisdom
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CONVENTIONAL — adj. VERBS ▪ be , seem ADVERB ▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc. ▪ highly ▪ entirely , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CONVENTIONAL — See ↑ CONVENTIONAL/UNCONVENTIONAL 1, ↑ NORMAL/ORDINARY 1,4
Longman Activator English vocab
WISDOM — n. 25B6; noun we questioned the wisdom of the decision : SAGACITY, intelligence, sense, common sense, shrewdness, astuteness, smartness, judiciousness, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CONVENTIONAL — adj. 25B6; adjective the conventional wisdom of the day : ORTHODOX, traditional, established, accepted, received, mainstream, prevailing, prevalent, accustomed, customary. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WISDOM — n. 1 sagacity, sageness, judgement, discernment, reason, prudence, judiciousness, (common) sense, insight, penetration, sapience, understanding, rationality, clear-sightedness, clear-headedness, perspicacity, perspicuity, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WISDOM — snyttru, wisdom, ræd
Англо-Староанглийский словарь
WISDOM — сущ. 1) мудрость to doubt smb's wisdom, to question smb's wisdom ≈ подвергать сомнению правильность/глубину некоторых высказываний to impart wisdom …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RECEIVED — прил. общепринятый, общепризнанный, считающийся правильным, истинным общепринятый, общепризнанный - the * view общепринятое представление - the * version вариант (текста …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CONVENTIONAL — прил. 1) определенный договором или соглашением Conventional obligations, are obligations resulting from the special agreement of parties in contradistinction to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WISDOM — wisdom.ogg ʹwızdəm n 1. мудрость, премудрость years bring wisdom - мудрость приходит с годами the Wisdom of Solomon, the Book …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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