convention
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4.1
- noun
- /kənˈvɛnʃən/
- Specialized
:
convención
- Of course, the European Convention of Human Rights does not enshrine the right to an abortion or the right to give an abortion.
- International Convention
- ratify the convention
- Geneva Conventions
Somalia do not fight under the Geneva Convention standards.
- Somalia do not fight under the Geneva Convention standards.
Examples
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The resolutions of the Alliance's triennial conventions invariably protested against the deprivation of Poland's sovereignty and independence.
Academic text (1999) -
You will be processed as prisoners of war... ...provided food, shelter and clothing... ...and be treated according to the guidelines provided by the Geneva Convention.
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Is there some sort of human rights convention we're signed up to?
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It's an international standard: the Environmental Protection Convention.
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No mention of the UN Convention.
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And each state would have its own ratifying convention to decide the issue.
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The U.S. administration has been pushing Congress to pass legislation ratifying the convention before the end of 2008.
Academic text (2008) -
The occasion was the forty-fourth international convention of the Polish Singers Alliance of America.
Academic text (1999) -
SCBD Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. 2002. Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. Convention on Biological Diversity.
Academic text (2011) -
The leaders of several nations met to discuss the new convention on climate change.
Synonyms
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1.4
A promise made between two or more people, often written
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4.1
A written agreement between countries about peace, trade or other relations
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6.0
An official written agreement between countries
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7.2
A formal written agreement between groups such as countries and companies to promise to do something or stop doing something
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6.5
A written promise between groups or nations about what they will and will not do
An agreement without formal treaty status
An agreement between people or groups reached after discussion
Compounds
- Formal
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4.4
An international agreement that sets rules for treating wounded soldiers, prisoners of war and civilians during armed conflict
An assembly of delegates in 1787 that wrote the main law for the United States government
A large group of Baptist churches that work together in the southern United States
- Formal
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6.1
A formal meeting of delegates to write or change a country's main law
- Formal
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3.8
An international agreement that bans creating, storing, moving or using chemical weapons
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4.4
A large event where fantasy fans meet authors, see talks, and wear costumes
A group of Baptist churches in the northern United States founded in 1907 and later renamed American Baptist Churches USA
How Binding
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Convention comes from the old Latin word convenire meaning 'come together'. When countries make a convention they literally 'come together' to agree, so a convention is an international agreement.