convention
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Etymology
Recorded since c. 1440, from Latin conventiō (“meeting, assembling; agreement, convention”), from conveniō (“come, gather or meet together, assemble”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”).
Pronunciation
Noun
convention (plural conventions)
- A meeting or gathering.
- The convention was held in Geneva.
- A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates
- The EU installed an inter-institutional Convention to draft a European constitution
- The convening of a formal meeting
- A formal agreement, contract or pact
- (international law) A treaty or supplement to such.
- The Vienna convention at the Vienna Congress (1814-15) standardized most of diplomatic conduct for generations
- A generally accepted principle, method or behaviour.
- Table seatings are generally determined by tacit convention, not binding formal protocol
- The convention of driving on the right is reinforced by law.
Derived terms
- by convention
- conventional, conventionally
- conventionalize
- conventioneer
- convention centre, convention center
- naming convention
- pictorial convention
- trade convention
Related terms
French
Pronunciation
Noun
convention f. (plural conventions)
- An agreement
- A formal meeting
- La convention sur l’avenir de l’Europe.
- A conventionally standardised choice
- Par convention, le courant va du plus vers le moins.
Related terms
- conventionalisme m.
- conventionnel
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