"conventions" in the noun sense
1. convention
a large formal assembly
"political convention"
2. convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula
something regarded as a normative example
"the convention of not naming the main character"
"violence is the rule not the exception"
"his formula for impressing visitors"
3. convention
diplomacy) an international agreement
4. conventionality, convention, conventionalism
orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
5. convention, convening
the act of convening
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