Wondering how to use Convention in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as meeting or treaty.
Convention in a sentence
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Convention meaning
- A meeting or gathering.
- A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.
- The convening of a formal meeting.
Synonyms of Convention
Using Convention
- The main meaning on this page is: A meeting or gathering. | A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates. | The convening of a formal meeting.
- Useful related words include: meeting, unconventionality, orthodoxy, conventionalism.
- In the example corpus, convention often appears in combinations such as: the convention, convention in, convention on.
Example sentences (20)
The Convention Director Mrs. Abha Dwivedi and the convention committee volunteers worked tirelessly to organize the convention and ensure comfort of the delegates.
A select few local shops are allowed to attend, but the highlights of the convention are well-known artists who are booked for the convention. citation citation Fantasy Con hosted its first convention, the first of its kind, in Salt Lake City in 2014.
Convention These were the convention's nomination tally: When he made his acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention, Mondale said: "Let's tell the truth.
Delegates were present from the District of Columbia, and on the first contested roll call vote in convention history, the convention voted 126-153 to deprive the District of Columbia of its voting rights in the convention.
Niven pg. 314. South Carolina had boycotted the entire convention, but a single South Carolinian was admitted by the convention as the state's delegation, and he cast all nine of the state's votes at the convention.
An Article V Convention is a U.S. Constitutional Convention that has not happened for 235 years!
After a brief debate following the disastrous fire, city leaders decided to notify the Democrats that their convention could indeed take place in a newly constructed Convention Hall.
And at the beginning of that convention a Protem chairman was selected, a convener was determined by the members of that convention and we proceeded with the orders of the day.
An early attempt at today’s convention by two delegates to switch the convention to a secret-ballot vote was ruled out of order, and the idea was not brought up again.
An example of a treaty under this human rights system that SVG has ratified is the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women (Convention of Belém do Pará).
Democratic National Convention, where the president would otherwise be formally nominated, comes after Ohio’s ballot deadline of Aug. 7. The party’s convention is scheduled for Aug. 19-22.
Dr. Usi argued hard against the party’s elective convention in Mzuzu in November saying that the convention was against the constitution of the party.
He was once again greated with cacophonous applause as he entered the convention hall just after 9pm local time, with supporters in the crowd at the convention hall mimicking the dance moves he has been known to bust out at campaign rallies.
The following month, the Teamsters gave $45,000 to both the Republican and Democratic convention funds, with officials saying the goal was to make sure its rank-and-file members are heard at the convention.
The panel is taking place six miles from the main convention action, at a satellite location in Chicago’s McCormick Place convention center.
The Republican National Convention takes place from July 15 to 18 and the Democratic National Convention from August 19 to 22.
Though the Democratic National Convention isn’t until August, this year’s roll call, which usually takes place on the convention floor, is set to take place virtually, with ballots cast as soon as next Monday.
A day earlier, China's foreign ministry issued a statement of protest over what it called intrusions into the Houston consulate that violated the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and the China-US Consular Convention.
After the cancellation of the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville, Trump was asked if Governor Roy Cooper did the right thing for limiting the attendance for the convention in Charlotte.
China, the world’s largest exporter and not a signatory to the convention, was found to conduct “little or no enforcement,” in a category that also includes India, and convention members Japan and Korea.
Common combinations with convention
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the convention 101×
- convention in 26×
- convention on 24×
- national convention 20×
- convention and 17×
- convention center 17×
- convention of 14×
- convention the 10×
- convention was 10×
- convention is 9×