convention

noun - /kənˈven.ʃən/

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a large formal meeting of people who do a particular job or have a similar interest, or a large meeting for a political party:

the national Democratic convention

Where are they holding their party convention?

She addressed hundreds of attendees at the International Reading Association's annual convention.

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a usual or accepted way of behaving, especially in social situations, often following an old way of thinking or a custom in one particular society:

They defied/flouted/broke with convention by giving up their jobs and becoming self-sufficient.

Convention dictates that it is the man who asks the woman to marry him and not the other way round.

In many countries it is the/a convention to wear black at funerals.

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