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)

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

convention = large conference or meeting

The council convened last week.
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

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

Directly below him, in an oak tree, a crow congress had convened.
John Steinbeck -- The Red Pony

convened = gathered

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2 —as in:
conventional behavior

Definition

something regarded as normal or typical

It was once conventional wisdom that the earth was flat.

conventional = normal or typical

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 regarded as normal or typical

the convention of not arriving early to dinner
It is conventional wisdom.
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.)

...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

You are a conventional woman at heart.
George Bernard Shaw -- Mrs. Warren's Profession

conventional = typical

Nine o'clock was an early hour for a visit, but Selden had passed beyond all such conventional observances.
Edith Wharton -- The House of Mirth

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 = a written international agreement

Other Uses (with this meaning)

The country has signed the United Nations Convention against Torture.

convention = a 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