convention
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3.4
- noun
- /kənˈvɛnʃən/
:
convención
- Kirk was out of town at the time, at a convention of public works executives.
- attend a convention
- a national convention
- convention center
A training convention was organized for November.
- A training convention was organized for November.
- It's the largest gaming convention event in the world and it happens.
- In every industry there are trade organizations and conventions and networks that people belong to.
- Yeah, I'm going to the salad convention.
- So much so that his speech ended on day two of the convention.
- Invest like football stadiums, convention centers in your city.
- And so this audience and this, these, this Convention Center inspires me.
- What, next week for the Democrat convention to be there and to flip Democrats?
- Ruby, when we were at the Flat Earth convention, we.
- I'd wear this to a Sonic convention so that you can collect all these rings.
Examples
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Thousands of attendees gathered for the comic book convention to meet their favorite artists.
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The International Jugglers Convention took place at SUNY Purchase, New York.
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We got to be at that convention in the morning.
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Take him there on the way to the convention, pick him up on the way home.
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A training convention was organized for November.
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It's the largest gaming convention event in the world and it happens.
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The Historical Society is planning to hold another national convention at Boston University next Memorial Day weekend.
Academic text (1999) -
Registration, projection sessions, and the convention dinner will be held there.
Academic text (2008) -
Our next stop is the Third Annual I Love Lucy Convention - in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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The party's nominating convention in June 1912 was the last straw.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A group of people who come together for a planned purpose or to be social
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3.0
A formal meeting where people discuss and share information
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1.0
A meeting of people for a social or special purpose
162
2.5
A group of people who meet for a common purpose
47
7.3
A meeting where experts give talks about a topic
12
3.2
A formal meeting of people who discuss and decide important things
8
2.2
A planned time when several people come together to talk about something
2
8.1
An academic meeting where people present and discuss research
2
3.4
A large public gathering where people meet to support or protest a cause
1
7.7
Calling people together for a formal meeting or ceremony
1
8.6
A large public meeting for people with a shared interest, like comics
1
9.7
A formal university ceremony for graduating students
A formal meeting where members discuss and vote on issues
A meeting of people to discuss and decide important matters
A group of people who meet to pray and talk about their religion
Antonyms
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
3
6.1
A formal meeting of delegates to write or change a country's main law
- Formal
1
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 Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Convention comes from the Latin convenire 'come together', so a convention is literally a 'coming together' of people — a large meeting for a group or profession.