symposiumformal
[ C ](informalabbreviationcon)
a large event where fans of (= people who are very enthusiastic about) a particular TV programme, film, computer game, etc. can meet each other and some of the people involved in making the programme, film, etc.:
Thousands of people were in town for the country's largest annual comic book convention.
The venue hosts everything from dog shows to science fiction conventions.
The actor liked to attend fan conventions in full costume and chat to his audience.
Amid all the razzle-dazzle of the party convention, it was easy to forget about the real political issues.该政党大会开得很热闹，很容易使置身其中的人将现实政治问题抛到脑后。
The Democrats have chosen the Texas state treasurer as the keynote speaker at their convention.
The Governor of New York delivered a rousing speech to the national convention.纽约州州长在全国代表大会上作了激动人心的发言。
25,000 convention delegates from across the world converge for the Policy Institute's annual meeting.
He took his kids to a Star Trek convention.

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Official meetings
AGM
assizes
brainstorming session
breakout room
call for papers
caucus
closed session
conference
convoke
council of war
quorate
quorum
scrum
secretary
session
sit
sitting
skull session
speaking engagement
teleconferencing

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Topics & areas of interest
Enthusiasts

conventionnoun (CUSTOM)

C1[ C or U ]
a usual or accepted way of behaving, especially in social situations, often following an old way of thinking or a custom in one particular society: 传统;（尤指社会）习俗，常规，惯例
defy/flout/break with conventionThey defied/flouted/broke with convention by giving up their jobs and becoming self-sufficient.他们离经叛道，放弃了工作，开始过自给自足的生活。
convention dictates thatConvention dictates that it is the man who asks the woman to marry him and not the other way round.根据习俗，应由男人向女人求婚而不是反过来。
In many countries it is the/a convention to wear black at funerals.在葬礼上穿黑色的衣服是许多国家的习俗。
[ C ]
a common way of showing something in art or writing: （艺术、写作上的）传统手法
an artistic convention传统艺术手法

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Custom, tradition & conformity
Americanization
anti-classical
anti-conventional
anti-institutional
anti-traditional
conventionally
costume
counter-tradition
crowd
custom
maverick
moonraker
mores
multicultural
multiculturalism
traditionalism
traditionalist
traditionally
ultra-conservatism
ultra-conservative

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Ways of achieving things

conventionnoun (AGREEMENT)

[ C ]
a formal agreement between country leaders, politicians, and states on a matter that involves them all: 公约;协定
the Geneva Convention日内瓦公约
convention onThe decision is not compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.

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Official documents
accounts
advance directive
affidavit
aleatory
annal
conveyance
filing
free pass
gender recognition certificate
get-out clause
GRC
permit
prenuptial agreement
proceedings
provisional licence
pt
PTO
recertification
title deed
writ

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International relations: international politics & government

convention | American Dictionary

convention
noun
us/kənˈven·ʃən/

conventionnoun (CUSTOM)

[ C/U ]
a way of doing something or appearing that is considered usual and correct:
[ C ]literary conventions
[ U ]He flouted convention by wearing sneakers with his tuxedo.
[ C/U ] grammar
The accepted rules and practice of spelling, writing, and punctuation are conventions.

conventionnoun (MEETING)

[ C ]
a large meeting of a group of people who are involved in the same type of work or who have similar interests:
the Dairy Association’s annual convention
a convention of travel agents
a Star Trek convention
[ C ] politics & government
A political convention is a meeting of a political party, esp. to choose someone to represent it in an election for a public office:
the Democratic/Republican national convention

conventionnoun (AGREEMENT)

[ C ] politics & government, world history
a formal agreement between countries:
the Geneva Conventions
the United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea

convention | Business English

convention
noun
uk /kənˈvenʃən/us
[ C ] MEETINGS
a large, formal meeting of people who work in the same industry or belong to the same organization or profession:
a convention of shopping center developers
hold/host a conventionMadrid will host next year's convention.
go to/attend a conventionOver 2,000 people attended the convention in Philadelphia.
[ C ] GOVERNMENT
an official agreement between governments that makes rules relating to a particular activity:
convention on sththe European Convention on Human Rights
sign/ratify a conventionOne hundred and twenty countries signed a convention banning the use of the pesticides.
[ C or U ]
the accepted or traditional method of doing something, or an example of doing something in the traditional way:
Bureaucracy and corporate convention can be an obstacle when facing new business challenges.
Unwritten conventions do not have the same value as signed agreements.

Examples of convention

convention
Rather than trying to deduce arbitrary practices from some general psychosocial principles, we must look at the social functions that particular conventions serve.
What conventions to use for types and identifiers (section 7).
The choice of which names to use is not restricted by the language; any conventions are up to the library designer to suggest.
The other represents the particular set of cultural conventions associated with industrial capitalism: profit and loss, contract and competition, success and failure.
The original passage has ' conventions ' instead of ' consequences ', but from the context this seems clearly to be a mistake. 40.
The happy endings are mere conventions, mere formulae for bringing the narrative to an end.
Throughout the paper we adopt the following naming conventions.
However, the close call may have convinced party leaders not to concede as much ground to civil rights proponents at future conventions.
Carter compares this and other administrative conventions to various occupational diseases at the start and end of the twentieth century.
In other words, it is because conventions are not reducible to particular structures of feeling that they can be a vehicle for articulating these structures.
In addressing larger questions, they attend to the specicities, the conventions, generic constraints, and traditions of the arts they study.
In general, they conform to the pictorial conventions of urban representation as defined by guide-book illustrations.
When a party failed to find common ground upon which all their members could stand, these conventions often broke up as the losers bolted.
The conventions and borders of art practice, sonic or visual, are defined enough to withstand an emotional onslaught.
Reconstructing ancient viewing conventions has been made much easier by studies of this kind.
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Collocations withconvention

convention

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accepted convention
There is no accepted convention for the identification of outliers.
anime convention
The convention offers anime screenings, video games, a dealers room, guest panels, fan panels, cosplay competitions, and many other events typical of an anime convention.
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