convention

/kən-ˈven(t)-shən/

Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin convention-, conventio, from convenire seeconvenient

noun

  1. agreement, contract

  2. an agreement between states for regulation of matters affecting all of them

  3. a compact between opposing commanders especially concerning prisoner exchange or armistice

an international convention banning the spread of nuclear weapons

noun

  1. a building or set of buildings designed to hold many people and used for meetings

The conference was held at the new convention center.

noun

  1. one of a series of agreements concerning the treatment of prisoners of war and of the sick, wounded, and dead in battle first made at Geneva, Switzerland in 1864 and subsequently accepted in later revisions by most nations