- convention
- noun1 way sth is doneADJECTIVE▪ accepted, established, long-standing, old, traditional, well-established▪
It's an established convention that the part is played by a woman.
▪ normal, standard, usual▪ polite (esp. BrE)▪Her work refuses any concession to polite conventions of ‘good taste’.
▪ arbitrary▪ rigid, strict▪ cultural, legal, social▪the rigid social conventions of Victorian Britain
▪ artistic, cinematic, comic, dramatic, journalistic, literary, narrative, operatic, poetic▪The novel refuses to conform to the narrative conventions of 19th-century realism.
▪ orthographic, rhetorical, spelling… OF CONVENTIONS▪ setVERB + CONVENTION▪ adhere to, conform to, follow, keep to, observe▪They followed the Greek convention of pinning gifts of money to the bride's dress.
▪ break, break with, buck, challenge, defy, flout, subvert▪She knew that she had broken an important social convention.
▪He challenged the conventions of painting.
▪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.
PREPOSITION▪ according to convention, by convention▪By convention, planets are named after Roman gods.
PHRASES▪ a break with convention▪In a surprising break with convention, she wore a red wedding dress.
▪ a matter of convention2 conferenceADJECTIVE▪ annual▪ international, national, state (AmE)▪ Democratic, Republican, etc.▪ constitutional, nominating (AmE), party, political, presidential▪A constitutional convention was elected to try to agree on a new form of government.
VERB + CONVENTION▪ have, hold, host▪ arrange, organize, plan▪ attend, go to▪ address▪He addressed the annual Republican convention.
CONVENTION + VERB▪ take placeCONVENTION + NOUN▪ centre/center, hall (AmE)▪ floor (AmE)▪journalists reporting from the convention floor
▪ attendee (AmE), chair, chairman, delegate, organizer, speaker▪ city, hotel▪Dallas is one of the top convention cities in the United States.
PREPOSITION▪ at a/the convention▪She was at the Democratic convention.
PHRASES▪ delegates to a convention3 international agreementADJECTIVE▪ global, international▪ European, UN, etc.▪ climate, human rights, etc.▪ draftVERB + 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, violate▪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 sthPREPOSITION▪ under a/the convention▪This is forbidden under the Convention on Human Rights.
▪ convention against▪the UN convention against torture
▪ convention between▪the 1869 convention between Turkey and Persia
▪ convention for▪the Berne Convention for the Conservation of European Wildlife
▪ convention on▪the 1951 United Nations Convention on refugees
PHRASES▪ a breach of a convention
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
