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Another word for convention

Noun

  1. A formal assemblage of the members of a group

    2. See also:

    assemble

  2. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together

    3. See also:

    collect

  3. A legally binding arrangement between parties

    4. See also:

    agree

  4. A formal, usually written settlement between nations

    5. See also:

    politics

    agree

  5. An accepted way of doing something

    6. See also:

    usual

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Another word for convention

Noun

  1. An occasion at which members or delegates assemble

    2. See also:

    gathering

  2. Those assembled at a convention, sense 1

    3. See also:

    organization

    committee

  3. Custom

    4. See also:

    custom

  4. An established mode of procedure

    5. See also:

    law

    custom

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Sentence Examples

  • When the convention met and the balloting began, the contest along these factional lines started in earnest.

  • The convention of Sutri of 1 i i i between Pope Paschal II.

  • A convention was signed in 1849, which secured the free navigation of the Parana and the independence of the Banda Oriental.

  • The Convention was reconvened on the 12th of February 1863, and the demand of Congress was met.

  • In the course of the proceedings it was announced that Queensland desired to come within the proposed union; and in view of this development, and in order to give further opportunity for the consideration of the bill, the convention again adjourned.

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