Convention
noun
A large meeting or conference about a specific subject.
She attended a science fiction convention last evening.
Often appears as...
- political convention
- gaming convention
noun
An agreement or rule about how to do something.
Political conventions should be upheld.
Often appears as...
- social convention
- legal convention
noun
A way in which something is done traditionally or typically.
Breaking convention, she decided to propose to him.
Often appears as...
- cultural convention
- literary convention
noun
An international agreement or pact.
The Paris Convention on Climate Change was signed by many countries.
Often appears as...
- vienna convention
- hague convention
noun
A large meeting or conference about a specific subject.
She attended a science fiction convention last evening.
Often appears as...
- political convention
- gaming convention
noun
An agreement or rule about how to do something.
Political conventions should be upheld.
Often appears as...
- social convention
- legal convention
noun
A way in which something is done traditionally or typically.
Breaking convention, she decided to propose to him.
Often appears as...
- cultural convention
- literary convention
noun
An international agreement or pact.
The Paris Convention on Climate Change was signed by many countries.
Often appears as...
- vienna convention
- hague convention
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Event Scale
Used to describe large, organized gatherings with numerous participants.
The annual comic book convention attracts thousands.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Focus
Refers to events centered around a particular theme or industry.
Is there a convention for vintage car enthusiasts?
Pro Tip 3/3Networking Opportunity
Emphasizes the aspect of meeting new people with similar interests.
She made great contacts at the business convention.
Pro Tip 1/3Event Scale
Used to describe large, organized gatherings with numerous participants.
The annual comic book convention attracts thousands.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Focus
Refers to events centered around a particular theme or industry.
Is there a convention for vintage car enthusiasts?
Pro Tip 3/3Networking Opportunity
Emphasizes the aspect of meeting new people with similar interests.
She made great contacts at the business convention.
Pro Tip 1/3Event Scale
Used to describe large, organized gatherings with numerous participants.
The annual comic book convention attracts thousands.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Focus
Refers to events centered around a particular theme or industry.
Is there a convention for vintage car enthusiasts?
Pro Tip 3/3Networking Opportunity
Emphasizes the aspect of meeting new people with similar interests.
She made great contacts at the business convention.
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I am the son of a...
My particular group's focus was on youth violence, and having been the victim of bullying for most of my life, this was a subject in which I felt particularly passionate. The members of our group came from many different walks of life. One day toward the end of the convention, I found out that one of the kids I had befriended
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After Decades of...
turned doctor but tonight got me thinking i mean there are far worse things in this world than being tapped for having natural ability in medicine south asians are no longer caricatures like apu but we still normalize our identities under certain conventions whether they're ambitious doctors
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Music and creativity in...
One should only listen to music that promotes intelligence, self-discipline, and courage, and all other kinds of music must be avoided. Furthermore, Plato fervently denounced any music that deviated from established musical conventions, fearing that doing so would lead to the degradation
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Why wasn’t the Bill of...
to create a stronger federal government. Thanks to compromises on issues like state representation, taxation power, and how to elect the president, their proposal gradually gained support. But the final text drafted in September still had to be approved by conventions held in the states.
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What is abstract...
They destroyed conventions of painting that had stood for centuries, forcing the art world to rethink them entirely. But one last reason why Jackson Pollock's work has stayed prominent stems from the specific objects he made, which embody fascinating contradictions.
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The history of our world...
in a universe ruled by the second law of thermodynamics, how is it possible to generate the sort of complexity I've described, the sort of complexity represented by you and me and the convention center? Well, the answer seems to be,
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On sincere and authentic...
convention where women set out to get the right to vote worked hard struggled starved marched that arrested all the rest when finally the amendment passed the headline said women given the right to vote no not given fought for
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Puppy Adopted By Cat...
dogs pack life requires fighting for your share in the rough and tumble of competing mouths this puppy breaks all of the cat's social conventions his wild instincts express themselves despite his unusual family
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Kailash Satyarthi: How...
I knew that we needed global policies. We organized the worldwide marches against child labor and that has also resulted in a new international convention
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The Insect That Freezes...
some species though just can't help but defy convention remember the gargantuan bird eating cricket of the kalahari
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I am the son of a...
My particular group's focus was on youth violence, and having been the victim of bullying for most of my life, this was a subject in which I felt particularly passionate. The members of our group came from many different walks of life. One day toward the end of the convention, I found out that one of the kids I had befriended
Video examples
After Decades of...
turned doctor but tonight got me thinking i mean there are far worse things in this world than being tapped for having natural ability in medicine south asians are no longer caricatures like apu but we still normalize our identities under certain conventions whether they're ambitious doctors
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Music and creativity in...
One should only listen to music that promotes intelligence, self-discipline, and courage, and all other kinds of music must be avoided. Furthermore, Plato fervently denounced any music that deviated from established musical conventions, fearing that doing so would lead to the degradation
Video examples
Why wasn’t the Bill of...
to create a stronger federal government. Thanks to compromises on issues like state representation, taxation power, and how to elect the president, their proposal gradually gained support. But the final text drafted in September still had to be approved by conventions held in the states.
Video examples
What is abstract...
They destroyed conventions of painting that had stood for centuries, forcing the art world to rethink them entirely. But one last reason why Jackson Pollock's work has stayed prominent stems from the specific objects he made, which embody fascinating contradictions.
Video examples
The history of our world...
in a universe ruled by the second law of thermodynamics, how is it possible to generate the sort of complexity I've described, the sort of complexity represented by you and me and the convention center? Well, the answer seems to be,
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On sincere and authentic...
convention where women set out to get the right to vote worked hard struggled starved marched that arrested all the rest when finally the amendment passed the headline said women given the right to vote no not given fought for
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Puppy Adopted By Cat...
dogs pack life requires fighting for your share in the rough and tumble of competing mouths this puppy breaks all of the cat's social conventions his wild instincts express themselves despite his unusual family
Video examples
Kailash Satyarthi: How...
I knew that we needed global policies. We organized the worldwide marches against child labor and that has also resulted in a new international convention
Video examples
The Insect That Freezes...
some species though just can't help but defy convention remember the gargantuan bird eating cricket of the kalahari
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Kellan Lutz
American Actor
As far as 'Twilight' goes, I'm in love with my character. I'm in love with the whole series. I love doing the fan conventions around the world, I love to travel. So wherever it fits in, I'd love to continue doing that for the rest of my life. Just meeting the fans who made everything possible from around the world.
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Jinkx Monsoon
American Entertainer
I think my favourite thing about doing conventions is the parents taking their kids to see their favourite drag idols, because open-minded, progressive parents are making such a change in the world right now. The more open-minded these kids are being raised, the more hope I have for the future.
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Yuri Lowenthal
American Actor
I love when I go to conventions, and often it'll be the younger kids who will refer to us by our character names - how can you not find that absolutely charming? I remember when I used to go to conventions when I was a kid when I would stand in long lines to get people's autograph.
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George Perez
American Writer
I've been to hundreds of conventions in my career. Sometimes I'm afraid I may get jaded by them. But then, I see a figure in bright colors walking up to me, and I smile. I thank them for reminding me of just how lucky I am to do what I get the honor to do every day of my life.
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Jonathan Ive
English Designer
It's easy to think that craft can't change but important to remember that all craft process was at some point new, at some point challenged convention - not to be contrary, but enabled by some breakthrough, some newly discovered principle, or sometimes some wonderful accident.
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James Fenton
British Poet
Love' is so short of perfect rhymes that convention allows half-rhymes like 'move.' The alternative is a plague of doves, or a kind of poem in which the poet addresses his adored both as 'love' and as 'guv' - a perfectly decent solution once, but only once, in a while.
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Jon Corzine
American Politician
Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but, more importantly, violates our sense of right and wrong and the standards we have as human beings about looking to care for one another.
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Esme Creed-Miles
English Actress
Hanna' has grown up in mother nature's beautiful wilderness and that's what she knows. So for someone like me who has always had a life in the city, it was a chance to look beyond social conventions.
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Bette Davis
American Actress
Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.
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Zeenat Aman
Indian Actress
I've had the basic courage and confidence to never follow convention.
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Kellan Lutz
American Actor
As far as 'Twilight' goes, I'm in love with my character. I'm in love with the whole series. I love doing the fan conventions around the world, I love to travel. So wherever it fits in, I'd love to continue doing that for the rest of my life. Just meeting the fans who made everything possible from around the world.
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Jinkx Monsoon
American Entertainer
I think my favourite thing about doing conventions is the parents taking their kids to see their favourite drag idols, because open-minded, progressive parents are making such a change in the world right now. The more open-minded these kids are being raised, the more hope I have for the future.
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Yuri Lowenthal
American Actor
I love when I go to conventions, and often it'll be the younger kids who will refer to us by our character names - how can you not find that absolutely charming? I remember when I used to go to conventions when I was a kid when I would stand in long lines to get people's autograph.
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George Perez
American Writer
I've been to hundreds of conventions in my career. Sometimes I'm afraid I may get jaded by them. But then, I see a figure in bright colors walking up to me, and I smile. I thank them for reminding me of just how lucky I am to do what I get the honor to do every day of my life.
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Jonathan Ive
English Designer
It's easy to think that craft can't change but important to remember that all craft process was at some point new, at some point challenged convention - not to be contrary, but enabled by some breakthrough, some newly discovered principle, or sometimes some wonderful accident.
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James Fenton
British Poet
Love' is so short of perfect rhymes that convention allows half-rhymes like 'move.' The alternative is a plague of doves, or a kind of poem in which the poet addresses his adored both as 'love' and as 'guv' - a perfectly decent solution once, but only once, in a while.
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Jon Corzine
American Politician
Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but, more importantly, violates our sense of right and wrong and the standards we have as human beings about looking to care for one another.
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Esme Creed-Miles
English Actress
Hanna' has grown up in mother nature's beautiful wilderness and that's what she knows. So for someone like me who has always had a life in the city, it was a chance to look beyond social conventions.
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Bette Davis
American Actress
Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.
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Zeenat Aman
Indian Actress
I've had the basic courage and confidence to never follow convention.
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