Convention

noun

/kənˈvɛn.ʃən/

Word Frequency: 30.4

Definitions

1.nounA meeting or gathering.

"The convention was held in Geneva."

2.nounA formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.

"The EU installed an inter-institutional Convention to draft a European constitution."

3.nounThe convening of a formal meeting.

4.nounA formal agreement, contract or pact.

5.nounA treaty or supplement to such.

"The Vienna convention at the Vienna Congress (1814-15) standardized most of diplomatic conduct for generations."

6.nounA practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.

"Table seatings are generally determined by tacit convention, not binding formal protocol."