Convention definition
(rare) A convening or being convened.
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A widely used and accepted device or technique, as in drama, literature, or painting.
The theatrical convention of the aside.
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A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.
The convention of shaking hands.
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General agreement on or acceptance of certain practices or attitudes.
By convention, north is at the top of most maps.
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The definition of a convention is a meeting or assembly of people who share a common interest or a convention is a method, practice, rule or custom.
An example of convention is a national meeting of English teachers.
An example of convention is a rule about comma placement.
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A formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates, as of a political party, fraternal society, profession, or industry.
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The body of persons attending such an assembly.
Called the convention to order.
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A large, organized public exhibition centered around a particular industry or activity and typically featuring speakers, vendors, etc.
A sportsmen's convention, comic book convention.
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An assembly, often periodical, of members or delegates, as of a political, social, professional, or religious group.
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The members or delegates at such an assembly.
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In the U.S., an official gathering of delegates of a political party to select candidates for office, formulate party policies, etc.
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An agreement between persons, nations, etc.
A copyright convention, the Geneva Convention.
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General agreement on the usages and practices of social life.
Bohemian revolt against convention.
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A customary practice, rule, method, etc.; usage.
The soliloquy was an Elizabethan dramatic convention.
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(card games) A bid or play understood by partners to have a special meaning when made by either of them.
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A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.
The EU installed an inter-institutional Convention to draft a European constitution.
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(international law) A treaty or supplement to such.
The Vienna convention at the Vienna Congress (1814-15) standardized most of diplomatic conduct for generations.
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An agreement between states, sides, or military forces, especially an international agreement dealing with a specific subject, such as the treatment of prisoners of war.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
convention
Plural:
conventionsOrigin of convention
- Middle English convencioun from Latin conventiō conventiōn- meeting from conventus past participle of convenīre to assemble convene
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Recorded since c. 1440, from Middle French convention, from Latin conventiō (“meeting, assembling; agreement, convention”), from conveniō (“come, gather or meet together, assemble”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”).
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