Convention - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional (syn: conventionalism, conventionality)
- the act of convening
Extra examples
We go to the weeklong annual teachers' convention every summer.
He bought some new books at the science fiction convention.
The Democratic National Convention will meet next week to announce their party's candidate for president.
It's important to follow the conventions of punctuation in a paper for school.
They say school is just as important for teaching children social codes and conventions as for teaching math.
Many sports shows have recently adopted the conventions of the talk show.
The award that by convention should have gone to the student with the highest grade went instead to the teacher's favorite.
As a matter of convention, the oldest members speak first.
The director's use of the usual romantic conventions made the film boring and predictable.
Geneva Conventions
Playing together teaches children social conventions such as sharing.
They defied the conventions of the time by living together without being married.
By convention, the bride's father gives her away at her wedding.
Geneva Convention
It is the convention for American lawyers to designate themselves "Esquire".
Word forms
singular: convention
plural: conventions
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