convention
/kənˈvɛn.ʃən/
Misollar
- What does the Geneva Convention say?
- Algeria needs world-class convention centers.
- Tom met Mary at a convention.
- I'll be at the convention.
- Bush never violated the Geneva Convention.
- The party convention was put off.
ot noun
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A meeting or gathering.
The convention was held in Geneva.
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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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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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A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.
Table seatings are generally determined by tacit convention, not binding formal protocol.
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