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
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:
2 a formal agreement between country leaders, politicians, and states on a matter that involves them all:
3 a way of doing something or appearing that is considered usual and correct:
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 Star Trek convention
the Democratic/Republican national convention
6 a large, formal meeting of people who work in the same industry or belong to the same organization or profession:
7 an official agreement between governments that makes rules relating to a particular activity:
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.
Amid all the razzle-dazzle of the party convention, it was easy to forget about the real political issues.
The Democrats have chosen the Texas state treasurer as the keynote speaker at their convention.
The Governor of New York delivered a rousing speech to the national convention.
Rather than trying to deduce arbitrary practices from some general psychosocial principles, we must look at the social functions that particular conventions serve.
What conventions to use for types and identifiers (section 7).
The choice of which names to use is not restricted by the language; any conventions are up to the library designer to suggest.
The other represents the particular set of cultural conventions associated with industrial capitalism: profit and loss, contract and competition, success and failure.
The original passage has ' conventions ' instead of ' consequences ', but from the context this seems clearly to be a mistake. 40.
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