convention
pronunciation
How to pronounce convention in British English:
UK [kənˈvenʃn]
How to pronounce convention in American English:
US [kənˈvenʃn]
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- Noun:
- a large formal assembly
- something regarded as a normative example
- (diplomacy) an international agreement
- orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
- the act of convening
Word Origin
- convention (n.)
- early 15c., "agreement," from Middle French convention and directly from Latin conventionem (nominative conventio) "meeting, assembly, covenant," noun of action from past participle stem of convenire (see convene).
Example
- 1. A tattoo convention in china in august 2010 .
- 2. For now , the convention speeches will be decidedly apolitical .
- 3. Indonesia and turkey also signed the apsco convention .
- 4. Chicago will stage some events in its convention centre .
- 5. No accounting convention can capture his sterling record .