“conventions” is a form of
convention
/kənˈvɛn.ʃən/ noun
Forms conventions
- noun A meeting or gathering. “The convention was held in Geneva.”
- noun A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates. “The EU installed an inter-institutional Convention to draft a European constitution.”
- noun The convening of a formal meeting.
- noun A formal agreement, contract, rule, or pact.
- noun (international law) A treaty or supplement to such. “The Vienna convention at the Vienna Congress (1814-15) standardized most of diplomatic conduct for generations.”
- noun 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.”
Synonyms
normal pattern rule formula conventionality conventionalism convening
Etymology
Recorded since about 1440, borrowed from Middle French convention, from Latin conventiō (“meeting, assembling; agreement, convention”), from conveniō (“come, gather or meet together, assemble”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”). Equivalent to convene + -tion.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.
- noun General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality.
Etymology [L. conventio: cf. F. convention. See Convene, v. i.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “convention”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details