convention in English

noun

1

a way in which something is usually done, especially within a particular area or activity.

the woman who overturned so many conventions of children's literature

2

an agreement between countries covering particular matters, especially one less formal than a treaty.

You have been signing treaties, conventions and protocols for children but have never honoured them with genuine intention and political will.

synonyms: agreement, accord, protocol, compact, pact, treaty, concordat, entente, contract, bargain, deal

3

a large meeting or conference, especially of members of a political party or a particular profession.

a convention of retail merchants

synonyms: conference, meeting, congress, assembly, gathering, summit, convocation, synod, conclave

noun

custom, usage, practice, tradition, way, habit, norm, rule, code, canon, punctilio, propriety, etiquette, protocol, praxis, mores
agreement, accord, protocol, compact, pact, treaty, concordat, entente, contract, bargain, deal
conference, meeting, congress, assembly, gathering, summit, convocation, synod, conclave
pattern, rule, formula, normal
convening
conventionalism, conventionality

Use "convention" in a sentence

1. Convention Reminders

2. Accounting convention

3. The 1926 Convention on Motor Traffic is the older IDP Convention.

4. International convention, Argentina

5. Alpha Home : Convention Letter, Minutes, Financial: Convention Events : TEXAS Bandmasters HALL OF FAME

6. An “Extraordinary” Convention Praised

7. Basel Convention Focal Point

8. 1995 District Convention Simplification

9. (Convention of 27 September 1968, Art. 17, as amended by the 1978 Accession Convention)

10. Chicagoland Regional Convention Information

11. The Monkey Convention 30.

12. Assholes held an asshole convention, violent Assholes tried to shoot up asshole convention, got shot

13. Assholes held an asshole convention, violent Assholes tried to shoot up asshole convention, got shot

14. They are shackled by convention.

15. 1 synonym for Convening: convention

16. Originality often triumphs over convention.

17. TAiwan is not a party to the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Hague Adoption Convention or Convention)

18. Please do not phone the management of the convention auditorium seeking information about any convention matters.

19. Convention as amended by the successive conventions on accession of new Member States to that convention.

20. The National Convention Abhors it

21. “The convention was simply extraordinary.

22. The State planned to accede to the 1954 Convention and to the 1961 Convention on statelessness.

23. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is a multilateral treaty.

24. The "2An(q2)" convention is more logical and consistent, but the "2An(q)" convention is far more common and is closer to the convention for algebraic groups.

25. 5 At the District Convention: We can also find occasions to witness informally at the district convention.

26. 14.5 I am an organizer of a foreign convention that has purchased related convention supplies as an agent of (i.e., on behalf of) the sponsor of the convention.

27. Croatia Accedes to ship recycling convention

28. The Geneva Convention is void here

29. She was at the Democratic convention.

30. The handshake is a social convention.

31. Adrenaline Dance Convention is the hottest convention & competition that tours 22 cities in the US each year

32. Claim for payment from a guaranteeing association under the procedure of the ATA Convention and the Istanbul Convention

33. 2 synonyms for Conventionality: conventionalism, convention

34. Advertising the convention in Brno, 1947

35. Incorrect naming convention for custom parameters.

36. Baptism at international convention, South Africa

37. He felt himself trammelled by convention.

38. Please do not phone or write the management of the convention auditorium, seeking information about any convention matters.

39. 2 synonyms for Conventionalism: conventionality, convention

40. They are shackled by inherited convention.

41. Protocols (on soil protection, energy and tourism) to the Convention on the Protection of the Alps (Alpine Convention).

42. Constitutional Convention delegates kept deliberations secret

43. 1996 “Messengers of Godly Peace” Convention

44. Moscow hasn't signed the Geneva Convention.

45. ... I call this convention to order.

46. He addressed the annual Republican convention.

47. This practice breaches the arms convention.

48. The convention endorsed the peace programme.

49. Action brought before the entry into force of the Convention - Enforcement pursuant to the Convention - N° 2001/14

50. Translation is not addressed in the Convention.