Both Uses of
convention
in
My Antonia
- Their beauty shone out too boldly against a conventional background.†
Book 2 *conventional = normal or typical
- But Lena had picked up all the conventional expressions she heard at Mrs. Thomas's dressmaking shop.†
Book 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(convention as in: teacher's convention) a large conference or meeting
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(2)
(convention as in: conventional behavior) something regarded as normal or typical
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(3)
(convention as in: The Geneva Convention) a written international agreement
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)