convention

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 30.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A meeting or gathering.

   The convention was held in Geneva.

2. noun A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.

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

3. noun The convening of a formal meeting.
4. noun A formal agreement, contract, rule, or pact.
5. noun A treaty or supplement to such.

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

6. noun A 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.

Similar words

convening rule conventionalism conventionality pattern normal formula congress conference statute

Often followed by

of on in and was for to is that

Word family

convene convened convenes convening conventional conventionally conventions