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as in: to convene Define
a large conference or meeting
- Langdon vaguely recalled the Chapter House as a huge octagonal hall where the original British Parliament convened in the days before the modern Parliament building existed.
- She is at the convention in Las Vegas.
- Hotel rooms are expensive that week because so many people are attending a big convention.
- The threehundred-page draft—tentatively titled Symbols of the Lost Sacred Feminine—proposed some very unconventional interpretations of established religious iconography which would certainly be controversial.
- Fortunately, Sophie decided on the more conventional route, jamming the wheel hard to the right, circling properly until she exited, cut left, and swung into the northbound lane, accelerating toward Rue de Rivoli.
- It was once conventional wisdom that the earth was flat.
- In most countries, the convention is to shake the head to indicate "no", but in Bulgaria that indicates "yes".
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as in: conventional behavior Define
something regarded as normal or typical
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as in: to convene Define
a large conference or meeting
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something regarded as normal or typical
as in: The Geneva Convention
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a written international agreement
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