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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Convention \Con*ven"tion\, n. [L. conventio: cf. F. convention.
     See Convene, v. i.]
     1. The act of coming together; the state of being together;
        union; coalition.
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              The conventions or associations of several particles
              of matter into bodies of any certain denomination.
                                                    --Boyle.
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     2. General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage;
        conventionality.
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              There are thousands now
              Such women, but convention beats them down.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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     3. A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or
        representatives, to accomplish some specific object, --
        civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical.
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              He set himself to the making of good laws in a grand
              convention of his nobles.             --Sir R.
                                                    Baker.
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              A convention of delegates from all the States, to
              meet in Philadelphia, for the sole and express
              purpose of reserving the federal system, and
              correcting its defects.               --W. Irving.
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     4. (Eng. Hist) An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or
        estates of the realm, held without the king's writ, -- as
        the assembly which restored Charles II. to the throne, and
        that which declared the throne to be abdicated by James
        II.
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              Our gratitude is due . . . to the Long Parliament,
              to the Convention, and to William of Orange.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     5. An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary
        to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders
        of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or
        between states; also, a formal agreement between
        governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention
        between two governments.
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              This convention, I think from my soul, is nothing
              but a stipulation for national ignominy; a truce
              without a suspension of hostilities.  --Ld. Chatham.
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              The convention with the State of Georgia has been
              ratified by their Legislature.        --T.
                                                    Jefferson.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Convention \Con*ven"tion\, n. [L. conventio: cf. F. convention.
     See Convene, v. i.]
     1. The act of coming together; the state of being together;
        union; coalition.
  
              The conventions or associations of several particles
              of matter into bodies of any certain denomination.
                                                    --Boyle.
  
     2. General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage;
        conventionality.
  
              There are thousands now Such women, but convention
              beats them down.                      --Tennyson.
  
     3. A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or
        representatives, to accomplish some specific object, --
        civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical.
  
              He set himself to the making of good laws in a grand
              convention of his nobles.             --Sir R.
                                                    Baker.
  
              A convention of delegates from all the States, to
              meet in Philadelphia, for the sole and express
              purpose of reserving the federal system, and
              correcting its defects.               --W. Irving.
  
     4. (Eng. Hist) An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or
        estates of the realm, held without the king's writ, -- as
        the assembly which restored Charles II. to the throne, and
        that which declared the throne to be abdicated by James
        II.
  
              Our gratitude is due . . . to the Long Parliament,
              to the Convention, and to William of Orange.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     5. An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary
        to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders
        of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or
        between states; also, a formal agreement between
        governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention
        between two governments.
  
              This convention, I think from my soul, is nothing
              but a stipulation for national ignominy; a truce
              without a suspension of hostilities.  --Ld. Chatham.
  
              The convention with the State of Georgia has been
              ratified by their Legislature.        --T.
                                                    Jefferson.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  convention
       n 1: a large formal assembly; "political convention"
       2: something regarded as a normative example; "the convention
          of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule
          not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
          [syn: normal, pattern, rule, formula]
       3: (diplomacy) an international agreement
       4: orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional [syn: conventionality,
           conventionalism] [ant: unconventionality]
       5: the act of convening [syn: convening]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  convention
     Γαλλικά n.
     η σύμβαση

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  convention
     n.
     A meeting or gathering.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  convention
     n.
     A meeting or gathering.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  convention
     n.
     A meeting or gathering.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  convention
     n.
     A meeting or gathering.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  convention
     Ranska n.
     1 sopimus
     2 ehto
     3 (monikollinen) tapa, käyttäytymissäännöt, sovinnaisuus
     4 perustuslakia säätävä kokous

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  convention
     Engelska n.
     1 konvent
     2 konvention, överenskommelse

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Convention /kənvˈɛnʃən/
  الإتفاقية

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  convention //kənˈvɛn.ʃən// //ˌkɒnˈvɛn.ʃən// 
  1. конвенция
  agreement, contract or pact
  2. конве́нция, споразумение
  generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
  3. конгрес, събрание
  meeting or a gathering