Convention

Noun

 * 1) A meeting or gathering.
 * 2) A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates
 * 3) The convening of a formal meeting
 * 4) A formal agreement, contract or pact
 * 5)  A treaty or supplement to such.
 * 6) A generally accepted principle, method or behaviour.

Adjectives for Convention

 * (custom) timid; operatic; social; facile; poetic. faith-healing; classic; uni-civic; restricting; rigid;
 * (meeting) radical; national; projected; provincial; famous; cheap; wide-open; labor; advertising.

Verbs for Convention

 * (meeting) appoint to—; assemble in—; boycott—; brand—; cavort at—;   control—;  denounce—; elect at—; emanate in—; hold—; join—; meet in—; open—; preside at—; represent at—; run away with—; stage—; —abolishes; —adjourns; —alters; —bestows; —considers; —convenes; —nomi¬nates; —prepares; —proclaims.

Derived terms
by convention; conventional; conventionally; conventionalize; conventioneer; convention centre, convention center; naming convention; pictorial convention; trade convention

Related terms
convener; convent; convenient; conventicle

Thesaurus
summit, summit conference, summitry, swim, symposium, synod, tenet, time-honored practice, tradition, transaction, treaty, trend, turnout, understanding, union contract, usage, use, valid contract, vestry, vogue, wage contract, way, what is done, wont, wonting, working principle, working rule, Council of Nicaea, Council of Trent, Lateran Council, NATO, SEATO, Vatican Council, accord, agreement, alliance, amenities, arrangement, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, audience, ball, bargain, bargaining, bargaining session, bienseance, binding agreement, bon ton, bond, brawl, canon, capitulation, cartel, caucus, chapter, civilities, civility, classis, code, collective agreement, colloquium, comity, commandment, commission, committee, compact, conciliarism, conclave, concord, concordat, concourse, confab, confabulation, conference, conformity, confrontation, congregation, congress, consistory, consortium, constitutional convention, consuetude, consultation, contract, convenance, conventicle, conventional usage, conventionalism, conventionality, convocation, correctness, council, council fire, council of war, county convention, courtliness, covenant, covenant of salt, custom, dance, date, deal, decencies, decency, decorousness, decorum, dicker, dictum, diet, diocesan conference, diplomatic code, discussion, ecclesiastical council, ecumenical council, eisteddfod, elegance, elegancies, employment contract, entente, entente cordiale, established way, etiquette, exchange of views, exquisite manners, eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, fashion, festivity, fete, folkway, forgathering, form, formal agreement, formalities, formality, formula, forum, gathering, general principle, get-together, golden rule, good form, good manners, guideline, guiding principle, haute couture, high fashion, high-level talk, housewarming, huddle, imperative, interchange of views, international agreement, interview, ironclad agreement, law, league, legal agreement, legal contract, levee, manner, manners, maxim, meet, meeting, mitzvah, mode, moral, mores, mutual agreement, mutual-defense treaty, national convention, natural politeness, negotiations, news conference, nominating convention, nonaggression pact, norm, observance, ordinance, pact, paction, palaver, panel, parley, parochial church council, parochial council, party, plenary council, plenum, point of etiquette, politeness, politesse, political convention, pourparler, powwow, practice, praxis, precept, preliminary convention, presbytery, prescription, press conference, prevailing taste, principium, principle, prom, promise, proper thing, proprieties, propriety, protocol, punctilio, quadrennial circus, quiet good manners, quorum, rally, reception, regulation, rendezvous, ritual, rubric, rule, rules of conduct, seance, seemliness, seminar, session, settled principle, shindig, sit-in, sitting, social code, social conduct, social convention, social graces, social procedures, social usage, soiree, standard, standard behavior, standard usage, standing custom, state convention, stipulation, stream of fashion, style,

Etymology
Recorded since c. 1440, from conventio:, from convenio:, from con-: + venio:.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: събрание,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kokoontuminen
 * German:
 * Hebrew: כנס (kenes)
 * Romanian: convenție, întrunire


 * Russian:, , hist.
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Simplified Chinese: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: pagpupulong


 * Dutch:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Romanian: convenție


 * Russian: конвенция
 * Simplified Chinese: ,


 * Bulgarian: споразумение,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, vaste praktijk
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew: אמנה (amana) (a protocol of international agreement); מוסכמה (muskama)  (a preferred method of accomplishing a task)


 * Hungarian:
 * Romanian: convenție
 * Russian:, ,
 * Simplified Chinese: ,


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Romanian: tratat, convenție
 * Russian: конвенция
 * Simplified Chinese:

Noun

 * 1) An agreement
 * 2) A formal meeting
 * La convention sur l’avenir de l’Europe.
 * 1) A conventionally standardised choice
 * Par convention, le courant va du plus vers le moins.

Related terms

 * conventionalisme
 * conventionnel