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conventionconvention /kənˈvɛnʃən/ ●●○ AWL noun ETYMOLOGYconventionOrigin: 1400-1500 French Latin conventio, from convenire to come together, be suitable ► annual convention The issue will be voted on at the annual convention. ► convention center the city’s new convention center ► social convention The handshake is a social convention. ► By convention By convention, the bride’s father walks her down the aisle at her wedding. THESAURUSan organized event at which people gather to talk and decide things► meetingan organized event at which people gather to talk and decide things: Over a hundred people attended the meeting. She’s in a meeting right now. ► conference a large meeting that lasts for several days, where people listen to talks about a subject and discuss it: My colleagues and I are going to a conference on Travel and Tourism next week. ► convention a large meeting of people who belong to the same organization, do the same work, or are interested in the same thing: They met at a global convention of textile manufacturers. ► assembly a meeting of all the students and teachers at a school: The candidates for student body president gave speeches during assembly. ► gathering an informal meeting, especially of family or friends: We usually have a big family gathering at my grandparents’ house at Thanksgiving. ► summit an important meeting between leaders of different countries to discuss something: World leaders are getting ready for a summit on global economic problems. ► interview a formal meeting at which someone is asked questions to find out if he or she is suitable for something such as a job or studying at a university, college, etc.: There were several very hard questions in the interview. ► appointment an arrangement to meet someone such as a doctor, a lawyer, or a business person at a particular time and place: I’d like to make an appointment with Dr. Hanson on Tuesday. I have an appointment with the manager. ► consultation formal a meeting with someone such as a doctor, lawyer, etc. so that that you can get advice or information: The professors have office hours for consultations with students. ► date an arrangement to meet someone, especially your boyfriend or girlfriend, to see a movie, go to a restaurant, etc.: Bill asked me out on a date – we’re going to see the fireworks. something you do regularly► habit something that you do regularly, often without thinking about it because you have done it so many times before: Kids with healthy eating habits get sick less often. It is best to learn good work habits when you are young. ► routine the usual things that someone does every day or every week: I have a cup of coffee every day as part of my morning routine. ► ritual something that you do regularly and in the same way each time: My son and I have a little ritual of singing a song together before he goes to bed each night. ► tradition a way of doing something that is repeated and has existed for a long time: We have a family tradition of opening presents on Christmas Eve. ► custom something that people in a particular society do because it is traditional: It is a Japanese custom that you take off your shoes when you enter a house. ► practice something that people often do, especially as part of their work or daily life: In some parts of the world, the practice of marrying your cousin is fairly common. ► convention a rule of behavior that most people in a society accept: Shaking hands to greet someone is a social convention. ► mannerism a way of speaking or moving that a person often uses: The way she flips her hair and some of her other mannerisms are so annoying. 1[countable] a large formal meeting of people who belong to the same profession, organization, etc., or who have the same interests: the Republican Convention a convention for Star Trek fans The issue will be voted on at the annual convention. the city’s new convention center► see thesaurus at meeting2[countable, uncountable] behavior and attitudes that most people in a society consider to be normal and right SYN custom: The handshake is a social convention. Sand refused to follow the conventions of her day. By convention, the bride’s father walks her down the aisle at her wedding.► see thesaurus at habit3[countable] a formal agreement, especially between countries, about particular rules or behavior: convention on the European Convention on Human Rights → see also pact, treaty4[countable] eng. lang. arts a method or style often used in literature, art, the theater, etc. to achieve a particular effect: the conventions of the 19th-century novel [Origin: 1400–1500 French, Latin conventio, from convenire to come together, be suitable] |