English Explanatory Dictionary

convention

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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, 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.

Pronunciation

/kənˈvɛn.ʃən/ /ˌkɒnˈvɛn.ʃən/ En-us-convention.ogg

Word forms

convention conventions

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.

Related words

convene convener convenient convent conventicle coven covin

Derived words

brokered convention concom congoing conreport conventional conventionalize conventionary convention bump convention centre convention center conventioneer conventioneering conventioner convention-goer conventiongoer conventionism conventionist convention state counterconvention day count convention miniconvention naming convention national convention nonconvention open convention postconvention preconvention proconvention reconvention stfcon teleconvention
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