convention 音标拼音: [kənv'ɛnʃən]
n .
C 大会,会议;
C 公约,协定;
C 习俗,惯例;
U 习俗,惯例
C 大会,会议;
C 公约,协定;
C 习俗,惯例;
U 习俗,惯例
convention 习惯; 惯例; 协定
convention 规约 约定 惯例
convention n 1 :
a large formal assembly ; "
political convention "
2 :
something regarded as a normative example ; "
the convention of not naming the main character "; "
violence is the rule not the exception "; "
his formula for impressing visitors " [
synonym :
{
convention }, {
normal }, {
pattern }, {
rule }, {
formula }]
3 : (
diplomacy )
an international agreement 4 :
orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional [
synonym :
{
conventionality }, {
convention }, {
conventionalism }] [
ant :
{
unconventionality }]
5 :
the act of convening [
synonym : {
convention }, {
convening }]
Convention \
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n . [
L .
conventio :
cf .
F .
convention .
See {
Convene },
v .
i .]
1 .
The act of coming together ;
the state of being together ;
union ;
coalition .
[
1913 Webster ]
The conventions or associations of several particles of matter into bodies of any certain denomination .
--
Boyle .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
General agreement or concurrence ;
arbitrary custom ;
usage ;
conventionality .
[
1913 Webster ]
There are thousands now Such women ,
but convention beats them down .
--
Tennyson .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
A meeting or an assembly of persons ,
esp .
of delegates or representatives ,
to accomplish some specific object , --
civil ,
social ,
political ,
or ecclesiastical .
[
1913 Webster ]
He set himself to the making of good laws in a grand convention of his nobles . --
Sir R .
Baker .
[
1913 Webster ]
A convention of delegates from all the States ,
to meet in Philadelphia ,
for the sole and express purpose of reserving the federal system ,
and correcting its defects . --
W .
Irving .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 . (
Eng .
Hist )
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Our gratitude is due . . .
to the Long Parliament ,
to the Convention ,
and to William of Orange .
--
Macaulay .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
This convention ,
I think from my soul ,
is nothing but a stipulation for national ignominy ;
a truce without a suspension of hostilities . --
Ld .
Chatham .
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1913 Webster ]
The convention with the State of Georgia has been ratified by their Legislature . --
T .
Jefferson .
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1913 Webster ]
248 Moby Thesaurus words for "
convention ":
Council of Nicaea ,
Council of Trent ,
Lateran Council ,
NATO ,
SEATO ,
Vatican Council ,
accord ,
agreement ,
alliance ,
amenities ,
arrangement ,
assemblee ,
assembly ,
assignation ,
at home ,
audience ,
ball ,
bargain ,
bargaining ,
bargaining session ,
bienseance ,
binding agreement ,
bon ton ,
bond ,
brawl ,
canon ,
capitulation ,
cartel ,
caucus ,
chapter ,
civilities ,
civility ,
classis ,
code ,
collective agreement ,
colloquium ,
comity ,
commandment ,
commission ,
committee ,
compact ,
conciliarism ,
conclave ,
concord ,
concordat ,
concourse ,
confab ,
confabulation ,
conference ,
conformity ,
confrontation ,
congregation ,
congress ,
consistory ,
consortium ,
constitutional convention ,
consuetude ,
consultation ,
contract ,
convenance ,
conventicle ,
conventional usage ,
conventionalism ,
conventionality ,
convocation ,
correctness ,
council ,
council fire ,
council of war ,
county convention ,
courtliness ,
covenant ,
covenant of salt ,
custom ,
dance ,
date ,
deal ,
decencies ,
decency ,
decorousness ,
decorum ,
dicker ,
dictum ,
diet ,
diocesan conference ,
diplomatic code ,
discussion ,
ecclesiastical council ,
ecumenical council ,
eisteddfod ,
elegance ,
elegancies ,
employment contract ,
entente ,
entente cordiale ,
established way ,
etiquette ,
exchange of views ,
exquisite manners ,
eyeball -
to -
eyeball encounter ,
fashion ,
festivity ,
fete ,
folkway ,
forgathering ,
form ,
formal agreement ,
formalities ,
formality ,
formula ,
forum ,
gathering ,
general principle ,
get -
together ,
golden rule ,
good form ,
good manners ,
guideline ,
guiding principle ,
haute couture ,
high fashion ,
high -
level talk ,
housewarming ,
huddle ,
imperative ,
interchange of views ,
international agreement ,
interview ,
ironclad agreement ,
law ,
league ,
legal agreement ,
legal contract ,
levee ,
manner ,
manners ,
maxim ,
meet ,
meeting ,
mitzvah ,
mode ,
moral ,
mores ,
mutual agreement ,
mutual -
defense treaty ,
national convention ,
natural politeness ,
negotiations ,
news conference ,
nominating convention ,
nonaggression pact ,
norm ,
observance ,
ordinance ,
pact ,
paction ,
palaver ,
panel ,
parley ,
parochial church council ,
parochial council ,
party ,
plenary council ,
plenum ,
point of etiquette ,
politeness ,
politesse ,
political convention ,
pourparler ,
powwow ,
practice ,
praxis ,
precept ,
preliminary convention ,
presbytery ,
prescription ,
press conference ,
prevailing taste ,
principium ,
principle ,
prom ,
promise ,
proper thing ,
proprieties ,
propriety ,
protocol ,
punctilio ,
quadrennial circus ,
quiet good manners ,
quorum ,
rally ,
reception ,
regulation ,
rendezvous ,
ritual ,
rubric ,
rule ,
rules of conduct ,
seance ,
seemliness ,
seminar ,
session ,
settled principle ,
shindig ,
sit -
in ,
sitting ,
social code ,
social conduct ,
social convention ,
social graces ,
social procedures ,
social usage ,
soiree ,
standard ,
standard behavior ,
standard usage ,
standing custom ,
state convention ,
stipulation ,
stream of fashion ,
style ,
summit ,
summit conference ,
summitry ,
swim ,
symposium ,
synod ,
tenet ,
time -
honored practice ,
tradition ,
transaction ,
treaty ,
trend ,
turnout ,
understanding ,
union contract ,
usage ,
use ,
valid contract ,
vestry ,
vogue ,
wage contract ,
way ,
what is done ,
wont ,
wonting ,
working principle ,
working rule CONVENTION ,
contracts ,
civil law .
A general term which comprehends all kinds of contracts ,
treaties ,
pacts ,
or agreements .
It is defined to be the consent of two or more persons to form with each other an engagement ,
or to dissolve or change one which they had previously formed .
Domat ,
Lois Civ .
1 .
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lib .
2 ,
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1 Lib .
1 ,
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4 and 5 ;
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Inst .
n .
100 .
CONVENTION ,
legislation .
This term is applied to a selecting of the delegates elected by the people for other purposes than usual legislation .
It is mostly used to denote all assembly to make or amend the constitution of ,
a state ,
but it sometimes indicates an assembly of the delegates of the people to nominate officers to be supported at an election .
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