Convention

Definition

convention /kǝn'venʃn/ n ၁။ [C] ညီလာခံ။ a teachers'/ dentists' convention ❍ hold a convention ❍ the US Democratic Party Convention (ie to elect a candidate for President). ၂။ (က) [U] အစဥ္အလာ။ Convention dictates that a minister should resign in such a situation. ❍ By convention the deputy leader is always a woman. ❍ defy convention by wearing outrageous clothes ❍ a slave to convention (ie sb who always follows accepted ways of doing things). (ခ) [C] လုပ္႐ိုး လုပ္စဥ္။ ထံုးနည္း။ the conventions which govern stock-market dealing ❍ diplomatic conventions. ၃။ [C] (ႏိုင္ငံအခ်င္းခ်င္း၊ အစိုးရအခ်င္းခ်င္း) သေဘာတူညီခ်က္။ the Geneva Convention (ie about the treatment of prisoners of war, etc).

Examples

1. The rules and conventions of the House of Commons
2. She rebelled against convention and refused to marry.
3. The conventions of Greek architecture
4. Her later novels abandon the narrative conventions of 19th-century fiction.
5. The government’s action may violate the European Convention on Human Rights.
6. Most European countries have signed up to the Geneva Convention.
7. Chicago was chosen as the site for an international crime convention.
8. The convention of the National Organization for Women