'Convention' definitions:
Definition of 'convention'
(from WordNet)
noun
A large formal assembly; "political convention"
noun
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: convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula]
noun
(diplomacy) an international agreement
noun
Orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional [syn: conventionality, convention, conventionalism] [ant: unconventionality]
noun
The act of convening [syn: convention, convening]
Definition of 'Convention'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- The conventions or associations of several particles of matter into bodies of any certain denomination. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality. [1913 Webster]
- There are thousands now Such women, but convention beats them down. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical. [1913 Webster]
- He set himself to the making of good laws in a grand convention of his nobles. --Sir R. Baker. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Our gratitude is due . . . to the Long Parliament, to the Convention, and to William of Orange. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- This convention, I think from my soul, is nothing but a stipulation for national ignominy; a truce without a suspension of hostilities. --Ld. Chatham. [1913 Webster]
- The convention with the State of Georgia has been ratified by their Legislature. --T. Jefferson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'convention'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accord,
- agreement,
- alliance,
- amenities,
- arrangement,
- assemblee,
- assembly,
- assignation,
- at home,
- audience,
- ball,
- bargain,
- bargaining,
- bargaining session,
- bienseance,
- binding agreement,
- bon ton,
- bond,
- brawl,
- canon,
- capitulation,
- cartel,
- caucus,
- chapter,
- civilities,
- civility,
- classis,
- code,
- collective agreement,
- colloquium,
- comity,
- commandment,
- commission,
- committee,
- compact,
- conciliarism,
- conclave,
- concord,
- concordat,
- concourse,
- confab,
- confabulation,
- conference,
- conformity,
- confrontation,
- congregation,
- congress,
- consistory,
- consortium,
- constitutional convention,
- consuetude,
- consultation,
- contract,
- convenance,
- conventicle,
- conventional usage,
- conventionalism,
- conventionality,
- convocation,
- correctness,
- council,
- council fire,
- Council of Nicaea,
- Council of Trent,
- council of war,
- county convention,
- courtliness,
- covenant,
- covenant of salt,
- custom,
- dance,
- date,
- deal,
- decencies,
- decency,
- decorousness,
- decorum,
- dicker,
- dictum,
- diet,
- diocesan conference,
- diplomatic code,
- discussion,
- ecclesiastical council,
- ecumenical council,
- eisteddfod,
- elegance,
- elegancies,
- employment contract,
- entente,
- entente cordiale,
- established way,
- etiquette,
- exchange of views,
- exquisite manners,
- eyeball-to-eyeball encounter,
- fashion,
- festivity,
- fete,
- folkway,
- forgathering,
- form,
- formal agreement,
- formalities,
- formality,
- formula,
- forum,
- gathering,
- general principle,
- get-together,
- golden rule,
- good form,
- good manners,
- guideline,
- guiding principle,
- haute couture,
- high fashion,
- high-level talk,
- housewarming,
- huddle,
- imperative,
- interchange of views,
- international agreement,
- interview,
- ironclad agreement,
- Lateran Council,
- law,
- league,
- legal agreement,
- legal contract,
- levee,
- manner,
- manners,
- maxim,
- meet,
- meeting,
- mitzvah,
- mode,
- moral,
- mores,
- mutual agreement,
- mutual-defense treaty,
- national convention,
- NATO,
- natural politeness,
- negotiations,
- news conference,
- nominating convention,
- nonaggression pact,
- norm,
- observance,
- ordinance,
- pact,
- paction,
- palaver,
- panel,
- parley,
- parochial church council,
- parochial council,
- party,
- plenary council,
- plenum,
- point of etiquette,
- politeness,
- politesse,
- political convention,
- pourparler,
- powwow,
- practice,
- praxis,
- precept,
- preliminary convention,
- presbytery,
- prescription,
- press conference,
- prevailing taste,
- principium,
- principle,
- prom,
- promise,
- proper thing,
- proprieties,
- propriety,
- protocol,
- punctilio,
- quadrennial circus,
- quiet good manners,
- quorum,
- rally,
- reception,
- regulation,
- rendezvous,
- ritual,
- rubric,
- rule,
- rules of conduct,
- seance,
- SEATO,
- seemliness,
- seminar,
- session,
- settled principle,
- shindig,
- sit-in,
- sitting,
- social code,
- social conduct,
- social convention,
- social graces,
- social procedures,
- social usage,
- soiree,
- standard,
- standard behavior,
- standard usage,
- standing custom,
- state convention,
- stipulation,
- stream of fashion,
- style,
- summit,
- summit conference,
- summitry,
- swim,
- symposium,
- synod,
- tenet,
- time-honored practice,
- tradition,
- transaction,
- treaty,
- trend,
- turnout,
- understanding,
- union contract,
- usage,
- use,
- valid contract,
- Vatican Council,
- vestry,
- vogue,
- wage contract,
- way,
- what is done,
- wont,
- wonting,
- working principle,
- working rule
Words containing 'Convention'
- Convent,
- Conventical,
- Conventional,
- Conventionalism,
- Conventionalities,
- Conventionality,
- Conventionally,
- Conventical prior,
- Geneva convention,
- constitutional convention,
- social convention,
- american baptist convention,
- chemical weapons convention,
- conventional formal schematic,
- northern baptist convention,
- southern baptist convention