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"
[syn: normal, pattern, rule, formula]
3: (diplomacy) an international agreement
4: orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional [syn: conventionality, conventionalism] [ant: unconventionality]
5: the act of convening [syn: convening]