- Rare a convening or being convened
- an assembly, often periodical, of members or delegates, as of a political, social, professional, or religious group
- the members or delegates at such an assembly
- in the U.S., an official gathering of delegates of a political party to select candidates for office, formulate party policies, etc.
- 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
- an agreement between persons, nations, etc.: a copyright convention, the Geneva Convention
- general agreement on the usages and practices of social life: bohemian revolt against convention
- a customary practice, rule, method, etc.; usage: the soliloquy was an Elizabethan dramatic convention
- Card Games a bid or play understood by partners to have a special meaning when made by either of them
Origin of convention
Middle English convencioun from Classical Latin conventio from past participle of convenire, convene
