Betekenis van convention In het Nederlands

• 0 a large formal meeting of people who do a particular job or have a similar interest, or a large meeting for a political party:

  • the national Democratic convention

  • Where are they holding their party convention?

• 1 a usual or accepted way of behaving, especially in social situations, often following an old way of thinking or a custom in one particular society:

  • They defied/flouted/broke with convention by giving up their jobs and becoming self-sufficient.

  • Convention dictates that it is the man who asks the woman to marry him and not the other way round.

  • In many countries it is the/a convention to wear black at funerals.

  • an artistic convention

• 2 a formal agreement between country leaders, politicians, and states on a matter that involves them all:

  • the Geneva Convention

  • a convention on human rights

• 3 a way of doing something or appearing that is considered usual and correct:

  • [ C ] literary conventions

  • [ U ] He flouted convention by wearing sneakers with his tuxedo.

• 4 a large meeting of a group of people who are involved in the same type of work or who have similar interests:

  • the Dairy Association’s annual convention

  • a convention of travel agents

  • a Star Trek convention

  • the Democratic/Republican national convention

• 5 a formal agreement between countries:

  • the Geneva Conventions

  • the United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea

• 6 a large, formal meeting of people who work in the same industry or belong to the same organization or profession:

  • a convention of shopping center developers

  • hold/host a convention Madrid will host next year's convention.

  • go to/attend a convention Over 2,000 people attended the convention in Philadelphia.

• 7 an official agreement between governments that makes rules relating to a particular activity:

  • convention on sth the European Convention on Human Rights

  • sign/ratify a convention One hundred and twenty countries signed a convention banning the use of the pesticides.

• 8 the accepted or traditional method of doing something, or an example of doing something in the traditional way:

  • Bureaucracy and corporate convention can be an obstacle when facing new business challenges.

  • Unwritten conventions do not have the same value as signed agreements.