convention

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• n. 大会；[法] 惯例；[计] 约定；[法] 协定；习俗

1. a large formal assembly;

"political convention"

2. 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. (diplomacy) an international agreement

4. orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

5. the act of convening