- convention - a large formal assembly; "political convention"
--1 is a kind of meeting
--1 has particulars: Constitutional Convention- convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula - 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"
--2 is a kind of practice
--2 has particulars: mores; code of conduct, code of behavior- convention - (diplomacy) an international agreement
--3 is a kind of treaty, pact, accord
--3 has particulars: Chemical Weapons Convention; Geneva Convention- conventionality, convention, conventionalism - orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
--4 is a kind of orthodoxy
--4 has particulars: ossification, conformity- convention, convening - the act of convening
--5 is a kind of assembly, assemblage, gathering
Derived forms: verb convene1, verb convene2 - convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula - 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"