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convention

con·ven·tion

UK/kənˈvɛn.ʃən/ US/ˌkɒnˈvɛn.ʃən/ fairly common

noun

1.

a large formal assembly

  • “political convention”
2.

something regarded as a normative example

  • “the convention of not naming the main character”
  • “violence is the rule not the exception”
  • “his formula for impressing visitors”
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the act of convening

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Origin

Recorded since about 1440, borrowed from Middle French convention, from Latin conventiō (“meeting, assembling; agreement, convention”), from conveniō (“come, gather or meet together, assemble”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”). Equivalent to convene + -tion.

Phrases

  • brokered convention
  • convention bump
  • convention center
  • convention centre
  • convention state
  • day count convention
  • naming convention
  • national convention

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