convention

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A meeting or gathering.
2. (countable, uncountable) A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.
3. (countable, uncountable) The convening of a formal meeting.
4. (countable, uncountable) A formal agreement, contract, rule, or pact.
5. (countable, uncountable) A treaty or supplement to such.
6. (countable, uncountable) A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.

Synonyms

custom

conference

tradition

congress

practice

meeting

assembly

agreement

gathering

usage

pattern

rally

rule

pact

covenant

con

conventionalism

convening

habit

treaty

session

mass meeting

conventionality

common practice

formula

contract

code

congregation

wont

conferrence

formality

routine

discussion

protocol

normal

institution

council

mores

reunion

🇷🇪

convocation

convent

colloquium

get together

consent

code of conduct

association

general usage

get-together

general meeting

forum

Translations

convention

convenzione

convención

Konvention

congrès

congresso

congreso

convenció

Versammlung

conventie

convenção

Tagung

congres

Kongress

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈvɛn.ʃən/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

And now an Amanda Derek Convention !

The convention delegates elected him as the President of the Convention .