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Meaning of CONVENTION in English

The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.

Use in sentences of CONVENTION

    Meaning of CONVENTION in English

    • The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.
    • General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality.
    • A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical.
    • An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or estates of the realm, held without the king's writ, -- as the assembly which restored Charles II. to the throne, and that which declared the throne to be abdicated by James II.
    • An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention between two governments.

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