2 meanings, 10 uses
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1 —2 uses as in:
to convene
Definition
a large conference or meeting
- At the end of the day, when the three agents convened in Dewey's office, it developed that Duntz and Church had had better luck than Nye-Brother Nye, as the others called him.2 — Persons Unknown (11% in)
- Although the eyes of the nation were not upon them, the demeanor of the event's main participants, from the court recorder to the judge himself, was markedly self-aware on the morning of the court's first convening.4 — The Corner (23% in)
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2 —8 uses as in:
conventional behavior
Definition
something regarded as normal or typical
- It was destined to be misunderstood, or taken too literally because your ideas are opposed to conventionalism.2 — Persons Unknown (86% in)
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- What could be more conventional than a housewife with three children, who is "dedicated" to her family?2 — Persons Unknown (86% in)
- What could be more unnatural than that she would resent an unconventional person.2 — Persons Unknown (86% in)
- There is considerable hypocrisy in conventionalism.2 — Persons Unknown (86% in)
- Any thinking person is aware of this paradox; but in dealing with conventional people it is advantageous to treat them as though they were not hypocrites.2 — Persons Unknown (86% in)
- It isn't a question of faithfulness to your own concepts; it is a matter of compromise so that you can remain an individual without the constant threat of conventional pressures.2 — Persons Unknown (86% in)
- The house, like the others on the slanting hillside street, was a conventional suburban ranch house, pleasant and common place.3 — Answer (24% in)
- Unlike conventional prisoners, the condemned are not subjected to a work routine; they can do with their time what they like-sleep all day, as Perry frequently did ("I pretend I'm a tiny little baby that can't keep its eyes open"); or, as was Andrews' habit, read all night.4 — The Corner (76% in)
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