Definition of CONVENTION

convention

Plural: conventions

Noun

  • a large formal assembly
    • "political convention"
  • something regarded as a normative example
    • "the convention of not naming the main character"
  • (diplomacy) an international agreement
  • orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
  • the act of convening
  • A meeting or gathering.
  • A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.
  • The convening of a formal meeting.
  • A formal agreement, contract, rule, or pact.
  • A treaty or supplement to such.
  • A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.

Examples

  • Table seatings are generally determined by tacit convention, not binding formal protocol.
  • The convention of driving on the right is reinforced by law.
  • The convention was held in Geneva.
  • The EU installed an inter-institutional Convention to draft a European constitution.
  • The Vienna convention at the Vienna Congress (1814-15) standardized most of diplomatic conduct for generations.

Origin / 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”).

Scrabble Score: 15

convention: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
convention: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
convention: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

convention: valid Words With Friends Word