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| definition 1: |
a formal meeting or assembly called together to discuss or pursue common interests.
Members of the medical association will be having their convention in Chicago next month.We saw some fabulous exhibits at the convention and heard some interesting speakers.- synonyms:
- assemblage, assembly, gathering, meeting
- similar words:
- caucus, conference, congregation, congress, convocation, council, powwow, synod
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| definition 2: |
the delegates or members of such a meeting or assembly.
He addressed the convention in a confident tone.- synonyms:
- delegates, representatives
- similar words:
- conferees, congregation
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| definition 3: |
a practice or procedure that is established by usage and widely accepted; custom.
She rebelled against the conventions of society in those days by wearing trousers and smoking.It is one of the conventions of letter writing in English to begin the greeting with "Dear."- synonyms:
- conventionality, custom, formality, practice
- similar words:
- etiquette, habit, order, orthodoxy, procedure, propriety, protocol, rite, tradition
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| definition 4: |
an international agreement or compact, usu. one concerned with a particular subject or issue.
Treatment of the prisoners was in accord with the Geneva Conventions.- synonyms:
- accord, agreement, compact, pact
- similar words:
- alliance, concordat, contract, covenant, treaty
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assembly, chapter, compact, custom, gathering, jamboree, mores, muster, observance, practice, usage, usual |
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