convention
US: /kənˈvɛnʃən/
UK: /kənvˈɛnʃən/
UK: /kənvˈɛnʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
convention /kən'venʃn/
- danh từ
- hội nghị (chính trị); sự triệu tập
- hiệp định
- sự thoả thuận (thường là ngầm)
- tục lệ, lệ thường
- social conventions: tục lệ xã hội
- quy ước (của một số trò chơi)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C, U] the way in which sth is done that most people in a society expect and consider to be polite or the right way to do it: social conventions + By convention the deputy leader is always a woman. + She is a young woman who enjoys flouting conventions. + Convention demands that a club member should resign in such a situation.
2 [C] a large meeting of the members of a profession, a political party, etc.
Synonym: CONFERENCE
to hold a convention + the Democratic Party Convention (= to elect a candidate for president)
3 [C] an official agreement between countries or leaders: the Geneva convention + the United Nations convention on the rights of the child
4 [C, U] a traditional method or style in literature, art or the theatre: the conventions of Greek tragedy
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 assembly, meeting, gathering, congregation, congress, conference, symposium, council, conclave, diet, synod, seminar:
The annual convention of cat fanciers will take place in June.
2 rule, practice, custom, tradition, usage, formality, conventionalism:
According to convention, this year's vice-president becomes president next year.
Collocation dictionary
1 way sth is done
ADJ.
accepted, established, long-standing, old, traditional, well-established
It's an established convention that the part of the prince is played by a woman.
| normal, standard, usual | polite
Her work refuses any concession to polite conventions of ‘good taste’.
| arbitrary | rigid, strict | cultural, legal, social
the rigid social conventions of Victorian Britain
| dramatic, fictional, literary, narrative, operatic, poetic
The novel refuses to conform to the narrative conventions of 19th century realism.
| orthographic, punctuation, rhetorical
QUANT.
set
VERB + CONVENTION
adhere to, conform to, follow, keep to, observe
They followed the Greek convention of pinning gifts of money to the bride's dress.
| be bound by, be hidebound by
Life with the Leighs was not hidebound by rules or convention.
| break (with), cut through, defy, flout
She knew that she had broken an important social convention. He had the freedom of spirit to cut through convention. No young politician can afford to flout convention in this way.
CONVENTION + VERB
demand sth, dictate sth
Convention dictated that dangerous physical action is the part of heroes, not heroines.
PREP.
according to/by ~
By convention, the Queen gives the Royal Assent to all measures passed by Parliament.
PHRASES
a break with convention
In a surprising break with convention, she wore a red wedding dress.
| a matter of convention
2 conference
ADJ.
annual | international, national | Democratic, Republican, etc. | careers, constitutional, party, political
A constitutional convention was elected to try to agree on a new form of government.
VERB + CONVENTION
arrange, have, hold, organize | attend, go to | address
He addressed the annual Republican convention.
CONVENTION + VERB
take place
CONVENTION + NOUN
centre | delegate
PREP.
at a/the ~
She was at theDemocratic convention.
PHRASES
delegates to a convention
3 international agreement
ADJ.
global, international | European, UN/United Nations, etc. | climate, human rights, etc. | draft
VERB + CONVENTION
adopt, ratify, sign
Over 60 countries have yet to ratify the climate convention.
| adhere to, comply with
Most countries have adhered to the convention.
| breach
This practice breaches the arms convention.
CONVENTION + VERB
apply, govern sth
a convention governing the conditions under which mining is permitted
| establish sth
The convention established procedures for the transport of toxic waste.
| ban sth
PREP.
under a/the ~
This is forbidden under the European Convention on Human Rights.
| ~ between
the 1869 convention between Turkey and Persia
| ~ for
the Berne Convention for the Conservation of European Wildlife
| ~ on
the 1951 United Nations Convention on refugees
PHRASES
a breach of a convention
Concise English dictionary
conventionskən'venʃn
noun
+a large formal assembly
+something regarded as a normative example
+(diplomacy) an international agreement
+orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
+the act of convening
