convention
IPA: kʌnvˈɛnʃʌn
noun
- A meeting or gathering.
- A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.
- The convening of a formal meeting.
- A formal agreement, contract, rule, or pact.
- (international law) A treaty or supplement to such.
- A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.
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Examples of "convention" in Sentences
- The scope of the convention is limited.
- The rest of the aircraft was conventional.
- Their family tradition is rather conventional.
- In the end the convention was ratified at Frankfurt.
- But the bottomline is the unwritten laws and conventions.
- The convention delegates elected him as the President of the Convention.
- In fact, some uncommonly good scholars prefer the traditional convention.
- Example of such a preemptive conventional opening is the Muiderberg convention.
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