conservative

[US]/kənˈsɜːvətɪv/
[UK]/kənˈsɜːrvətɪv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a person who is conservative
adj. being traditional, cautious, and resistant to change

Phrases & Collocations

conservative party

conservative estimate

conservative government

conservative force

conservative design

Example Sentences

a conservative dark suit.

a conservative policy currently in the ascendant.

the conservative use of natural resources.

This year the Conservative Party is in.

an ardent supporter of the conservative cause.

geared the speech to a conservative audience.

the second institutional prop of conservative Spain was the army.

the court's tilt toward conservative rulings.

He is a conservative member of the church.

Energy has amphimorphic porperties:conservative property of quantity and no conservative property of quality.

successive Conservative administrations enjoyed a comfortable majority.

the main party agreed to affiliate four Conservative associations.

the government alternated between the Labour and Conservative parties.

Spain's conservatives are inching ahead.

Real-world Examples

This could help them appoint another conservative to the court.

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation September 2020

Taking a piece from the past is not conservative.

Source: Financial Times Reading Selection

He added that he finds the IPCC's estimate conservative.

Source: VOA Special English: World

Russian conservative politics have taken their place at the head of the conservative world.

Source: VOA Standard English_Europe

Some younger members of the movement denounced her as too conservative.

Source: VOA Special December 2018 Collection

He's a Texas Republican congressman, very conservative, elected in 2014.

Source: NPR News July 2019 Collection

739. The conservative man made a reservation in the observatory.

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Cruz cast himself as the only true conservative left in the race.

Source: VOA Standard Speed February 2016 Collection

Liberals will say you're using religion and call you a bad conservative.

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) September 2016 Collection

Many feared the socially and fiscally conservative policies of Law and Order candidate Kast.

Source: VOA Daily Standard December 2021 Collection

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