All 6 Uses of
convention
in
I Am a Seal Team Six Warrior
- Years later, after observing Communist insurgency in Southeast Asia, President John F. Kennedy—who had served in the navy during World War II—and others in the military understood the need for unconventional warriors.†
p. 19.4unconventional = not regarded as normalstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconventional means not and reverses the meaning of conventional. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- He clearly favored American conventional forces over American unconventional units like the SEALs or Delta.†
p. 45.1 *conventional = normal or typical
- He clearly favored American conventional forces over American unconventional units like the SEALs or Delta.†
p. 45.1unconventional = not regarded as normalstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconventional means not and reverses the meaning of conventional. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- The QRF was made up of men from the conventional army's 10th Mountain Division, 101st Aviation Regiment, and 25th Aviation Regiment, their base located at the abandoned university and old American Embassy.†
p. 107.9conventional = normal or typical
- I can only guess that the conventional army leaders of the QRF couldn't get along with the unconventional leaders of Delta.†
p. 123.9
- I can only guess that the conventional army leaders of the QRF couldn't get along with the unconventional leaders of Delta.†
p. 124.0unconventional = not regarded as normalstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconventional means not and reverses the meaning of conventional. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definitions:
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(convention as in: teacher's convention) a large conference or meeting
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(convention as in: conventional behavior) something regarded as normal or typical
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(3)
(convention as in: The Geneva Convention) a written international agreement