convention

Meaning of convention

noun
  1. A meeting or gathering.
    The convention was held in Geneva.
  2. A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.
    The EU installed an inter-institutional Convention to draft a European constitution.
  3. The convening of a formal meeting.
  4. A formal agreement, contract or pact.
  5. A treaty or supplement to such.
    The Vienna convention at the Vienna Congress (1814-15) standardized most of diplomatic conduct for generations.
  6. 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.

Information about convention

Hyphenation of convention

con-ven-tion

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • convention is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

convention synonyms

Meaning normal:

normal, pattern, rule, formula

Meaning conventionality:

conventionality, conventionalism

Meaning convening:

convening

Translation of convention

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