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convention - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'convention' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Convention [ v. i.]
- The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.
- General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality.
- A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical.
- An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or estates of the realm, held without the king's writ, -- as the assembly which restored Charles II. to the throne, and that which declared the throne to be abdicated by James II.
- An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention between two governments.

Meaning of 'convention' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . convention [ n]
Meaning (1):
- something regarded as a normative example
Example in sentence:
  • his formula for impressing visitors;
  • the convention of not naming the main character;
  • violence is the rule not the exception
Meaning (2):
- a large formal assembly
Example in sentence:
  • political convention