All 3 Uses
convention
in
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
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- These were the ambitious youths of the race, at work with an earnestness that put to shame the conventional student life of most educational institutions.
Chpt Intr. *conventional = normal or typical
- When the Louisiana State Constitutional Convention was in session, I wrote an open letter to that body pleading for justice for the race.
Chpt 17 *convention = large conference or meeting
- Ignorant and inexperienced, it is not strange that in the first years of our new life we began at the top instead of at the bottom; that a seat in Congress or the state legislature was more sought than real estate or industrial skill; that the political convention or stump speaking had more attractions than starting a dairy farm or truck garden.†
Chpt 14
Definitions:
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(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)