convention
noun/kənˈvenʃn/
Слово англійською: convention
Переклад convention українською: умо́вність, домо́вленість, конве́нція, з'їзд (делега́тів і т. д.), конгре́с
Детальний опис
- [countable, uncountable] the way in which something is done that most people in a society expect and consider to be polite or the right way to do it
- the rigid social conventions of Victorian Britain
- She is a young woman who enjoys flouting conventions.
- by convention By convention the deputy leader was always a woman.
- Convention demands that a club member should resign in such a situation.
Wordfinder- civil rights
- class
- conform
- convention
- culture
- custom
- elite
- equality
- outsider
- society
- [countable] a large meeting of the members of a profession, a political party, etc. synonym conference
- to hold a convention
- the Democratic Party Convention (= to elect a candidate for president)
- [countable] an official agreement between countries or leaders
- the Geneva convention
- the United Nations convention on the rights of the child
- [countable, uncountable] a traditional method or style in literature, art or the theatre
- the conventions of Greek tragedy
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): via Old French from Latin conventio(n-) ‘meeting, covenant’, from the verb convenire ‘assemble, agree, fit’, from con- ‘together’ + venire ‘come’. Sense (1) dates from the late 18th cent.