Sample sentences for CONVENTION

3 meanings

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1 —as in:
to convene

Definition

a large conference or meeting

She is at the convention in Las Vegas.

convention = large conference or meeting

Other Uses (with this meaning)

The council convened last week.

convened = met or gathered

Hotel rooms are expensive that week because so many people are attending a big convention.

convention = large conference or meeting

Algernon and I were presented to the American Psychological Association sitting in convention with the World Psychological Association last Tuesday.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon

convention = a large gathering

He was from Abbottsville; we saw him only when court convened, and that rarely, for court was of no special interest to Jem and me.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

convened = comes together to meet

When the Louisiana State Constitutional Convention was in session, I wrote an open letter to that body pleading for justice for the race.
Booker T. Washington -- Up From Slavery: An Autobiography

convention = large conference or meeting

THE NEXT MORNING, PERCY, HAZEL, AND FRANK ate breakfast early, then headed into the city before the senate was due to convene.
Rick Riordan -- The Son of Neptune

convene = gather for a meeting

One wall was covered with T-shirts from different conventions—PARTY PONIES '09 VEGAS, PARTY PONIES '10 HONOLULU, et cetera.
Rick Riordan -- The Lost Hero

conventions = large conferences or meetings

But, while attending an anti-slavery convention at Nantucket, on the 11th of August, 1841, I felt strongly moved to speak,
Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

convention = large conference or meeting

Poseidon strode over to his fishing seat, and the Olympian Council convened.
Rick Riordan -- The Last Olympian

convened = began the meeting

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2 —as in:
conventional behavior

Definition

something regarded as normal or typical

It was once conventional wisdom that the earth is flat.

conventional = normal

Other Uses (with this meaning)

In most countries, the convention is to shake the head to indicate "no", but in Bulgaria that indicates "yes".

convention = something considered normal

They were inclined to dislike her because she is unconventional.

(editor's note: The prefix "un-" in unconventional means not and reverses the meaning of conventional. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.)

It is conventional wisdom.
I observe the convention of not arriving early as a dinner guest.
...where 135,000 people died as the result of an at attack with conventional weapons.
Kurt Vonnegut -- Slaughterhouse-Five

conventional = normal or typical

The devil take all conventions, they were made for other times;
Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front

conventions = behaviors regarded as normal

He analyzed my character, and he insisted on knowing what I disliked most about him ("You're too conventional," I said).
John Knowles -- A Separate Peace

conventional = normal or typical

Why, I wondered, did I need three spoons? Why were there multiple butter knives? Then I recalled a scene from a movie and realized there was some social convention surrounding the placement and size of the cutlery.
J.D. Vance -- Hillbilly Elegy

convention = normally acceptable behavior

He was conventional in all the ways and for all the reasons my father despised conventionality: he talked about football and popular bands more than the End of Days; he loved everything about high school; he went to church, but like most Mormons, if he was ill, he was as likely to call a doctor as a Mormon priest.
Tara Westover -- Educated

conventional = normal

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3 —as in:
The Geneva Convention

Definition

a written international agreement

The European Convention on Human Rights binds about 50 European countries.

convention = written international agreement

Other Uses (with this meaning)

The country has signed the United Nations Convention against Torture.

convention = written international agreement

Dragon breeding was outlawed by the Warlocks' Convention of 1709, everyone knows that.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

convention = a written international agreement

I knew nothing about the Geneva Convention.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken