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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
convention/kənˈvenʃn/
▶noun
  • 1 a way in which something is usually done.

    ■ socially acceptable behaviour.

  • 2 an agreement between states, especially one less formal than a treaty.
  • 3 a large meeting, especially of members of a political party or a profession.

    ■ N. Amer. an assembly of the delegates of a political party to select candidates for office.

    ■ a body set up by agreement to deal with a particular issue.

    ■ historical a meeting of Parliament without a summons from the sovereign.

  • 4 Bridge a bid or system of bidding by which the bidder tries to convey specific information about the hand to their partner.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. conventio(n-) ‘meeting, covenant’, from convenire (see convene).



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