conventions

Noun

convention (countable and uncountable, plural conventions)

1. A meeting or gathering.
   • The convention was held in Geneva.
2. A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.
   • The EU installed an inter-institutional Convention to draft a European constitution.
3. The convening of a formal meeting.
4. A formal agreement, contract, rule, or pact.
5. (international law) A treaty or supplement to such.
   • The Vienna convention at the Vienna Congress (1814-15) standardized most of diplomatic conduct for generations.
6. A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.
   • Table seatings are generally determined by tacit convention, not binding formal protocol.