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convention

noun
/kənˈvɛn.ʃən/UK

Etymology

Recorded since about 1440, borrowed from Middle French convention, from Latin conventiō (“meeting, assembling; agreement, convention”), from conveniō (“come, gather or meet together, assemble”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”). Equivalent to convene + -tion.

  1. derived from conventiō
  2. borrowed from convention

Definitions

  1. A meeting or gathering.

    • The convention was held in Geneva.

  2. A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.

    • The EU installed an inter-institutional Convention to draft a European constitution.

  3. The convening of a formal meeting.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A formal agreement, contract, rule, or pact.

    2. A treaty or supplement to such.

      • The Vienna convention at the Vienna Congress (1814-15) standardized most of diplomatic conduct for generations.

    3. A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social…

      A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.

      • Table seatings are generally determined by tacit convention, not binding formal protocol.
      • The convention of driving on the right is reinforced by law.

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Derived

brokered convention, concom, congoing, conreport, conventional, conventionalize, conventionary, convention bump, convention centre, convention center, conventioneer, conventioneering, conventioner, convention-goer, conventiongoer, conventionism, conventionist, convention state, counterconvention, day count convention, miniconvention, naming convention, national convention, nonconvention, open convention, postconvention, preconvention, proconvention, reconvention, stfcon, teleconvention

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at convention. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at convention. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at convention

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA