convention

[US]/kənˈvenʃn/
[UK]/kənˈvenʃn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a set of agreed, common practices, rules, or procedures observed at formal meetings or events.

Phrases & Collocations

attend a convention

convention center

international convention

convention registration

convention venue

national convention

berne convention

by convention

paris convention

party convention

warsaw convention

naming convention

social convention

geneva convention

constitutional convention

universal copyright convention

Example Sentences

the theatrical convention of the aside.

the conventions of the antebellum South.

At the recent convention a declaration was adopted.

the convention of shaking hands.

he was an upholder of convention and correct form.

a Star Trek convention.

he gavelled the convention to order.

the device is a nod to the conventions of slapstick.

the Hague Convention was permissive, not mandatory.

the stylistic conventions of magazine stories.

preprimary conventions; preprimary support.

Old conventions die hard.

called the convention to order.

By convention, north is at the top of most maps.

the southern delegates had the convention in a chokehold.

the novel abandons the conventions of normal chronology.

the pictorial conventions of mass-media imagery.

a dialectical opposition between social convention and individual libertarianism.

those less trammelled by convention than himself.

social conventions that are a product of human design;

Real-world Examples

" Russia ratified the convention on refugees, " she said.

Source: VOA Special October 2015 Collection

Trump wasted no time tossing diplomatic conventions overboard.

Source: Time

Phil last hosted the convention in 1948.

Source: AP Listening Collection April 2015

You feel like going to a convention?

Source: Friends Season 9

Even the presence of a negro maid would not satisfy the conventions.

Source: Gone with the Wind

There was a comic book convention in the capital.

Source: NPR News September 2017 Collection

They are impatient with stuffy conventions.

Source: The Economist - Arts

But, in the summer of nineteen seventy-two, attention focused on the presidential nominating conventions.

Source: VOA Special July 2020 Collection

Traditionally the party that doesn't hold the White House has its convention first.

Source: CNN Listening Compilation August 2020

You could blow off the convention.

Source: Modern Family - Season 08

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