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convention
con·ven·tion C0613500 (kən-vĕn′shən)n.1. a. A formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates, as of a political party, fraternal society, profession, or industry.b. The body of persons attending such an assembly: called the convention to order.2. An agreement between states, sides, or military forces, especially an international agreement dealing with a specific subject, such as the treatment of prisoners of war.3. General agreement on or acceptance of certain practices or attitudes: By convention, north is at the top of most maps.4. A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom: the convention of shaking hands.5. A widely used and accepted device or technique, as in drama, literature, or painting: the theatrical convention of the aside. [Middle English convencioun, from Latin conventiō, conventiōn-, meeting, from conventus, past participle of convenīre, to assemble; see convene.]convention (kənˈvɛnʃən) n1. a. a large formal assembly of a group with common interests, such as a political party or trade unionb. the persons attending such an assembly2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) politics US an assembly of delegates of one party to select candidates for office3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) diplomacy an international agreement second only to a treaty in formality: a telecommunications convention. 4. any agreement, compact, or contract5. the most widely accepted or established view of what is thought to be proper behaviour, good taste, etc6. an accepted rule, usage, etc: a convention used by printers. 7. (Bridge) bridge Also called: conventional a bid or play not to be taken at its face value, which one's partner can interpret according to a prearranged bidding system[C15: from Latin conventiō an assembling, agreeing]con•ven•tion (kənˈvɛn ʃən) n. 1. a meeting or formal assembly, as of members or delegates, to discuss or act on matters of common concern. 2. an assembly of delegates of a political party to nominate candidates and adopt platforms and party rules. 3. an agreement or contract; compact. 4. an international agreement, esp. one dealing with a specific matter. 5. a rule, method, or practice established by usage; custom: the convention of showing north at the top of a map. 6. general agreement or consent; accepted usage, esp. as a standard of procedure. 7. a bid or play in bridge that allows partners to convey information about their hands according to a prearranged system. [1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin conventiō assembly, agreement. See convene, -tion] syn: convention, assembly, conference, convocation refer to meetings for particular purposes. convention usu. suggests a formal meeting of members or delegates, as of a professional group: an annual medical convention. assembly usu. implies a regular meeting for a customary purpose: an assembly of legislators; a school assembly in the auditorium. conference suggests a meeting for consultation or discussion: a sales conference. convocation usu. refers to an ecclesiastical or academic meeting whose participants were summoned: a convocation of experts. Convention an assembly, especially a meeting of representatives of some profession, society, or religious political organization, 1552. See also congress.Examples: convention of estates, 1651; of islands, 1651; of exquisite lineaments, 1592; for prayer, 1649.conventionA meeting of members of a political party, especially of delegates to choose candidates for an election.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | convention - a large formal assembly; "political convention"group meeting, meeting - a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"Constitutional Convention - the convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787 | | 2. | convention - 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"normal, rule, pattern, formulapractice - knowledge of how something is usually done; "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner"mores - (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a groupcode of behavior, code of conduct - a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular groupuniversal - a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings; "some form of religion seems to be a human universal" | | 3. | convention - (diplomacy) an international agreementpact, treaty, accord - a written agreement between two states or sovereignsdiplomacy, diplomatic negotiations - negotiation between nations | | 4. | convention - orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventionalconventionalism, conventionalityorthodoxy - the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)ossification, conformity - hardened conventionality | | 5. | convention - the act of conveningconveninggathering, assemblage, assembly - the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly" |
conventionnoun1. custom, practice, tradition, code, usage, protocol, formality, etiquette, propriety It's just a social convention that men don't wear skirts.2. agreement, contract, treaty, bargain, pact, compact, protocol, stipulation, concordat the importance of observing the Geneva convention on human rights3. assembly, meeting, council, conference, congress, convocation I flew to Boston to attend the annual convention of the Parapsychological Association.conventionnoun1. A formal assemblage of the members of a group:assembly, conference, congress, convocation, meeting.2. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together:assemblage, assembly, body, company, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, meeting, muster, troop.Informal: get-together.3. A legally binding arrangement between parties:agreement, bond, compact, contract, covenant, pact.4. A formal, usually written settlement between nations:accord, agreement, concord, pact, treaty.5. An accepted way of doing something:form.Translationsconvention (kənˈvenʃən) noun1. a way of behaving that has become usual; (an) established custom. Shaking hands when meeting people is a normal convention in many countries; He does not care about convention. 習俗,慣例 习俗,惯例,常规 2. in the United States a meeting of delegates from a political party for nominating a presidential candidate. (美國政黨提名總統侯選人的)代表大會 (政党提名总统侯选人的)代表大会 3. an assembly of people of a particular profession etc. 專業人士會議 专业人士会议conˈventional adjective (negative unconventional) according to the accepted standards etc; not outrageous or eccentric. conventional dress; the more conventional forms of art. 依照慣例的,傳統的 依照惯例的,约定俗成的,依照传统的,常规的 conˌventioˈnality (-ˈnӕ-) noun 慣例性,傳統性 惯例性,习俗 convention
convention, in U.S. politics, a gathering of delegates to nominate candidates for elective office and to formulate party policy. They are held at the national, state, and local levels. Organization and Characteristic Features The organization of a national convention is the responsibility of the party's national committee, which begins making arrangements for the accommodation of hundreds of delegates and the administration of the convention at least a year in advance. Delegates have been chosen by a variety of methods, including primary elections, party caucuses, state and local conventions, or state and local committee meetings, but the majority are now chosen by primaries. Although the two parties follow the same basic pattern of basing representation on the population of the state and the party's strength within the state, the Democratic party introduced a series of reforms after the 1968 convention that modified its traditional delegate selection system. Quotas, assuring proportional representation for women, youths, and blacks, were used for the 1972 convention but later modified in favor of a general commitment to gender equality and minority representation. Balloting at both the Republican and Democratic conventions is by states. The unit rule, forcing all of a state's votes to be cast by the majority for one candidate, was abolished by the Democrats in 1968; it had been in effect since 1832. Although today the acceptance speech of the nominee is the recognized climax of the convention, it was not until Franklin Delano Roosevelt flew to Chicago to accept the Democratic nomination in 1932 that a nominee accepted the nomination in person. History State conventions for nominating candidates were first held in the early 19th cent. The first national convention was held by the Anti-Masonic party in Baltimore in 1831. Formerly the candidates for president and vice president were selected by a party caucus, i.e. a meeting of influential members of Congress, and they favored their colleagues. In 1832 the Democrats nominated Andrew Jackson at a national convention. The Republican party held its first national convention in 1856, when John Frémont was chosen as the presidential candidate. Candidates were often selected only after many ballots had been taken. This was especially true of the Democratic party, which, until 1936, had required successful nominees to win two thirds of the delegates' votes. Thus, Stephen Douglas was nominated on the 59th ballot in 1860, Woodrow Wilson on the 46th ballot in 1912, and John W. Davis on the 103d ballot in 1924. The difficulty of gaining agreement on a candidate at conventions led to a unique feature of the American political scene: the dark horsedark horse, in U.S. politics, a person unexpectedly chosen by a major party as a candidate for public office, especially for the presidency. A presidential dark horse is usually chosen at a party national convention and often has acquired only a local or limited reputation at ..... Click the link for more information. —a candidate with little or no formal support before the opening of the convention, who succeeded in gaining the nomination. Since 1960, however, national conventions have tended to ratify front-runner candidates increasingly determined by delegates won in primaries and state caucuses, rather than select from among evenly matched rivals. National political conventions have thus changed from their initial function as nominating mechanisms into mobilizers of party energy for the upcoming campaign. Bibliography See P. T. David et al., The Politics of National Party Conventions (rev. ed. 1984); Congressional Quarterly, Guide to U.S. Elections (2d ed. 1985); B. E. Shafer, Bifurcated Politics: Evolution and Reform in the National Party Convention (1988). convention - any existing regularized social practice or accepted rule or usage. For the most part in sociology, the term is not used in a sense that departs greatly from everyday usage.
- in politics specifically, an established precedent in, or expectation of, procedures in political office, e.g. that the prime minister can call an election. Such expectations or conventions are not promulgated as written laws or formally stated rules, and thus are sometimes a matter of interpretation or dispute.
- in the US, the political assemblies convened’ to select presidential candidates.
convention1. US Politics an assembly of delegates of one party to select candidates for office 2. Diplomacy an international agreement second only to a treaty in formality 3. Bridge a bid or play not to be taken at its face value, which one's partner can interpret according to a prearranged bidding system Convention Related to Convention: Accounting Convention, Convention on Biological DiversityConventionAn agreement or compact, particularly an international agreement, such as the geneva convention. An accord between states or nations, which resembles a treaty: ordinarily applied to agreements prior to an execution of an official treaty or which serve as its foundation; or to international agreements for the regulation of international affairs of common interest not within the ambit of commercial transactions or politics, such as international postage. An agreement between states concerning finance, trade, or other matters considered less significant than those usually governed by a treaty. An assembly or meeting of representatives or members of legislative, political, or fraternal organizations. A constitutional convention is an assembly of representatives or delegates of the people of a state or nation, convened for the purpose of framing, altering, or amending its constitution. Article V of the U.S. Constitution provides that a constitutional convention may be convoked on application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the states. A judicial convention is an assembly of judges of the superior courts (courts of general jurisdiction), empowered in some states to meet during specified periods to adopt uniform rules of practice. The powers of the convention are restricted to making necessary rules that conform to the provisions of the relevant statute. Revision or abrogation of any rule of practice established by statute is prohibited. A legislative convention is a congregation of representatives or delegates selected by the people for extraordinary and special legislative objectives, such as the framing or alteration of a state constitution. A political convention is an assembly of delegates designated by a political party to nominate candidates for a pending election. CONVENTION, contracts, civil law. A general term which comprehends all kinds of contracts, treaties, pacts, or agreements. It is defined to be the consent of two or more persons to form with each other an engagement, or to dissolve or change one which they had previously formed. Domat, Lois Civ. 1. 1, t. 1, s. 1 Dig. lib. 2, t. 14, 1. 1 Lib. 1, t. 1, 1. 1, 4 and 5; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 100. CONVENTION, legislation. This term is applied to a selecting of the delegates elected by the people for other purposes than usual legislation. It is mostly used to denote all assembly to make or amend the constitution of, a state, but it sometimes indicates an assembly of the delegates of the people to nominate officers to be supported at an election. Convention
ConventionA method under the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System one uses to calculate the depreciation of an asset in the year it is purchased (or first used) and the year of the end of its useful life.See CONV See CONVconvention Related to convention: Accounting Convention, Convention on Biological DiversitySynonyms for conventionnoun customSynonyms- custom
- practice
- tradition
- code
- usage
- protocol
- formality
- etiquette
- propriety
noun agreementSynonyms- agreement
- contract
- treaty
- bargain
- pact
- compact
- protocol
- stipulation
- concordat
noun assemblySynonyms- assembly
- meeting
- council
- conference
- congress
- convocation
Synonyms for conventionnoun a formal assemblage of the members of a groupSynonyms- assembly
- conference
- congress
- convocation
- meeting
noun a number of persons who have come or been gathered togetherSynonyms- assemblage
- assembly
- body
- company
- conclave
- conference
- congregation
- congress
- convocation
- crowd
- gathering
- group
- meeting
- muster
- troop
- get-together
noun a legally binding arrangement between partiesSynonyms- agreement
- bond
- compact
- contract
- covenant
- pact
noun a formal, usually written settlement between nationsSynonyms- accord
- agreement
- concord
- pact
- treaty
noun an accepted way of doing somethingSynonymsSynonyms for conventionnoun a large formal assemblyRelated Words- group meeting
- meeting
- Constitutional Convention
noun something regarded as a normative exampleSynonymsRelated Words- practice
- mores
- code of behavior
- code of conduct
- universal
noun (diplomacy) an international agreementRelated Words- pact
- treaty
- accord
- diplomacy
- diplomatic negotiations
noun orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventionalSynonyms- conventionalism
- conventionality
Related Words- orthodoxy
- ossification
- conformity
noun the act of conveningSynonymsRelated Words- gathering
- assemblage
- assembly
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