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convention
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This I Believe II
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I don't thoroughly understand the conventions of each tradition and...
Chpt 23 *

conventions = things that are normal
Failure Is a Good Thing JON CARROLL LAST WEEK MY GRANDDAUGHTER STARTED KINDERGARTEN, AND, as is conventional, I wished her success.†
Chpt 13
But when I move into more conventional jazz or classical situations, I don't always have the tools to fit in.†
Chpt 23
Ravel felt that Gershwin would obliterate the very thing that made him special by learning conventional approaches to rhythm and harmony.†
Chpt 23

Definitions:

(1) (convention as in: teacher's convention)
a large conference or meeting
(2) (convention as in: conventional behavior)
something regarded as normal or typical
(3) (convention as in: The Geneva Convention)
a written international agreement
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)