Convention means A meeting or gathering. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like meeting or accord.

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Convention in a sentence

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Convention meaning

  1. A meeting or gathering.
  2. A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.
  3. The convening of a formal meeting.

Synonyms of Convention

meeting unconventionality orthodoxy conventionalism conventionality accord pact treaty practice formula rule pattern normal group meeting convening

Example sentences (20)

You won’t see Pawlenty at the convention though because he is forgoing the convention and the party’s endorsement.

The Democratic National Convention, which formally begins Monday, is not a convention in the traditional sense.

She was the first trans person to speak at a convention, and that was at Hillary Clinton's convention in 2016.

Congress questioned the legality of the convention, but accepted the results of the convention regardless of its concerns.

Tampa Bay Comic Convention once again turns the Tampa Convention Center into a palace of pop culture this Friday to Sunday.

So contrary to what pro-convention groups claim, the rules and agenda will be set by the convention itself.

The Republican National Convention takes place from July 15 to 18 and the Democratic National Convention from August 19 to 22.

Trump received a bounce from the GOP convention while Joe Biden didn’t after the Democrat convention.

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U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke speaks during the Texas Democratic Convention on Friday, June 22, 2018 at the Fort Worth Convention Center.

Later treaties did cover these aspects — the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).

An Article V Convention is a U.S. Constitutional Convention that has not happened for 235 years!

Congress might try to limit the Convention to one amendment or one issue, but there is no way to assure that the Convention would obey.

Journal of the 1836 Michigan Territorial Convention, often called the Frostbitten Convention.

The panel is taking place six miles from the main convention action, at a satellite location in Chicago’s McCormick Place convention center.

Australia is a party to both the 1954 convention on the status of stateless persons and the 1961 convention on the reduction of statelessness.

Crump said the committee wants to ensure that businesses who participate in the convention are better off than they were before the convention.

Convention articles As amended by Protocol 11, the Convention consists of three parts.

Delegates for this Convention were actually selected but the Convention was not held.

The Democratic National Convention will run from Monday through Thursday, with the Republican National Convention to follow for four days next week.

Instead of the usual large, in-person convention, it is now a virtual convention.

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Common combinations with convention

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "convention" in a sentence?
An example: "You won’t see Pawlenty at the convention though because he is forgoing the convention and the party’s endorsement." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "convention" from real English texts.
What does "convention" mean?
Convention means: A meeting or gathering.
What are synonyms of "convention"?
Common synonyms of "convention" include: meeting, unconventionality, orthodoxy, conventionalism, conventionality, accord, pact, treaty. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "convention" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "convention", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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