convention
/kənˈvɛn.ʃən/ nom B2En français : convention
- 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, rule, or pact.
- A treaty or supplement to such. · The Vienna convention at the Vienna Congress (1814-15) standardized most of diplomatic conduct for generations.
- A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom. · Table seatings are generally determined by tacit convention, not binding formal protocol.· The convention of driving on the right is reinforced by law.
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“I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of everyday life.
They were generally shrewd judges of men; and thought better of their own judgment than they did of useless conventions.
Monte Cristo bowed without making any answer; he accepted the offer without enthusiasm and without regret, as one of those conventions of society which every gentleman looks upon as a duty.
Webster firmly believed that an autonomous nation should not rely entirely on the linguistic conventions of its former ruler.
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