convention
/kənˈvɛn.ʃən/ noun B2- 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.
Plural conventions
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They were generally shrewd judges of men; and thought better of their own judgment than they did of useless conventions.
“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.
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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