convention
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[edit] Etymology
Recorded since c.1440, from Latin conventio, from convenire 'to gather, meet'
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convention (plural conventions)
- 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 or pact
- (international law) A treaty or supplement to such.
- The Vienna convention at the Vienna Congress (1814-15) standardized most of diplomatic conduct for generations
- A generally accepted principle, method or behaviour.
- Table seatings are generally determined by tacit convention, not binding formal protocol
- The convention of driving on the right is reinforced by law.
[edit] Derived terms
- by convention
- conventional, conventionally
- conventionalize
- conventioneer
- convention centre, convention center
- naming convention
- pictorial convention
- trade convention
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[edit] Translations
meeting or a gathering
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convening — see convening
agreement, contract or pact
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generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
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[edit] French
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convention f. (plural conventions)
- An agreement
- A formal meeting
- La convention sur l’avenir de l’Europe.
- A conventionally standardised choice
- Par convention, le courant va du plus vers le moins.
