CONVENTION as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the act of convening

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    Hypernyms(s) convention is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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  2. Meaning
    • orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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    Hypernyms(s) convention is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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  3. Meaning
    • something regarded as a normative example

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    • the convention of not naming the main character
    • violence is the rule not the exception
    • his formula for impressing visitors

    Hypernyms(s) convention is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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  4. Meaning
    • (diplomacy) an international agreement

    Hypernyms(s) convention is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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  5. Meaning
    • a large formal assembly

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    • political convention

    Hypernyms(s) convention is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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