convention
//kənˈvɛn.ʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- conventions
Definitions
1.A meeting or gathering.
- The convention was held in Geneva.
2.A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.
- The EU installed an inter-institutional Convention to draft a European constitution.
3.The convening of a formal meeting.
4.A formal agreement, contract, rule, or pact.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1974
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
Recorded since about 1440, borrowed from Middle French convention, from Latin conventiō (“meeting, assembling; agreement, convention”), from conveniō (“come, gather or meet together, assemble”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”).
Equivalent to convene + -tion.