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preconvention

preconvention adjective: before a convention (meeting or gathering).

Adjective

preconvention (not comparable)

  1. Before a convention (meeting or gathering).

Noun

preconvention (plural preconventions)

  1. A preliminary convention.
    • […] decisions previously made at preconventions held at local, regional, and national levels.1993, Barry Carr, Steve Ellner, The Latin American Left: From the Fall of Allende to Perestroika, page 236

Forms of preconvention

pluralpreconventions

Origin of preconvention

From pre- + convention.

Questions about preconvention

What does preconvention mean?
Preconvention means before a convention (meeting or gathering).
What part of speech is preconvention?
Preconvention can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near preconvention in the dictionary

  1. precontrived
  2. precontrives
  3. precontriving
  4. precontroversial
  5. precontroversy
  6. preconvention
  7. preconventional
  8. preconventions
  9. preconversational
  10. preconversion
  11. preconvert

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