convention

Signification

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, rule, or pact.
5. A treaty or supplement to such.
6. A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kənˈvɛn.ʃən/

Étymologie

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”).

Phrases

And now an Amanda Derek Convention !

Et maintenant une convention Amanda Derek!