CONVENTION in Japanese - Cambridge Dictionary AI Assistant Dictionary Translate Grammar Thesaurus +Plus Cambridge Dictionary +Plus Games Cambridge Dictionary +Plus My profile +Plus help Log out {{userName}} Cambridge Dictionary +Plus My profile +Plus help Log out Log in / Sign up English (UK) 1 ? true : false } }), searchAutoComplete.changeToLayoutContainer(); tap:AMP.setState({ stateSearch: { autocomplete: stateSearch.dataset != 'wordlists' && stateSearch.term.length 1 } })" / English–Japanese 1) ? '/autocomplete/amp?dataset=' + stateSearch.dataset + '&q=' + stateSearch.term : 'https://'" 0 && stateHdr.searchDesk ? 'pa pdd chac-sb tc-bd bw hbr-20 hbss lpt-25' : 'hdn'" {{word}} {{#beta}} Beta{{/beta}} {{#preferredDictionaries}} {{^selected}} {{name}} {{/selected}} {{/preferredDictionaries}} Translation of convention – English–Japanese dictionary convention noun /kənˈvɛnʃən/ Add to word list Add to word list [ countable-uncountable ] a custom or accepted way of doing sth 慣習（ かんしゅう） the convention of removing your shoes before entering a home 家に上がる前に靴を脱ぐ慣習 [ countable ] a large meeting of people who work in the same business or have the same interest 集会（ しゅうかい） a bikers convention 暴走族の集会 The 2007 Travel Operator’s Convention 2007年旅行管理者年次大会 [ countable ] an official agreement 協定（ きょうてい） the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 国連子どもの権利条約 (Translation of convention from the GLOBAL English-Japanese Dictionary © 2022 K Dictionaries Ltd) Examples of convention convention The concept of law is constituted by both layers of conventions. From the Cambridge English Corpus The sustained attention of constitutional scholars to constraints on state legislatures has obscured the ways delegates to constitutional conventions affirmed the prerogatives of the states. From the Cambridge English Corpus Deferential conventions introduce a subtlety and richness into the theory of statutory application that at times mimics applied semantic realism. From the Cambridge English Corpus The overlap between gestures of interiority and the conventions of melodramatic display makes it difficult to imagine a deportment of interiority. From the Cambridge English Corpus She supports cultural conventions that require the subordination of a woman's intellect to male forms of authority. From the Cambridge English Corpus When these accepted conventions were challenged, the vocabulary of loyalty and armed revolt of a remarkably organized degree could be employed to express dissatisfaction. From the Cambridge English Corpus Long-standing conventions governed associations between instrument types and particular settings: trumpets and drums evoked warfare, flutes divinities, oboes the pastoral. From the Cambridge English Corpus To help the reader, we make a few conventions about the choice of names. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. C1,C1 Translations of convention in Chinese (Traditional) 會議, 大會, 風俗… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 会议, 大会, 风俗… See more in Spanish convención, convenciones, costumbre… See more in Portuguese convenção, normas, convenção [feminine]… See more in more languages in Marathi in Turkish in French in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish मेळावा, परंपरा, संमेलन… See more kongre, toplantı, konferans… See more convention [feminine], usage [masculine], congrès [masculine]… See more conventie… See more ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட வேலையைச் செய்யும் அல்லது ஒத்த ஆர்வம் கொண்ட நபர்களின் ஒரு பெரிய முறையான கூட்டம், அல்லது ஒரு அரசியல் கட்சிக்கான ஒரு பெரிய கூட்டம், ஒரு வழக்கமான அல்லது ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்பட்ட நடத்தை முறை… See more सम्मलेन, सभागम, प्रथा / परंपरा… See more સંમેલન, સભા, પ્રણાલિકા… See more skik og brug, sædvane, konvent… See more konvention, vedertaget bruk, konvent… See more kelaziman, konvensyen… See more der Brauch, die Förmlichkeit, die Versammlung… See more konvensjon [masculine], sedvane [masculine], konferanse [masculine]… See more اجتماع, رسمی اجتماع, جلسہ… See more звичай, умовність, з'їзд… See more ఒక నిర్దిష్ట ఉద్యోగం చేసే లేక ఇలాంటి ఆసక్తి ఉన్న వ్యక్తుల పెద్ద అధికారిక సమావేశం లేక రాజకీయ పార్టీ కోసం పెద్ద సమావేశం, ప్రవర్తించే సాధారణ లేక అంగీకరించబడిన మార్గం, ముఖ్యంగా సామాజిక పరిస్థితులలో… See more সম্মেলন, চিরাচরিত প্রথা, রীতিনীতি… See more konvence, společenská zvyklost, předvolební sjezd… See more adat, konvensi, perhimpunan… See more ธรรมเนียมปฏิบัติ, การประชุมเพื่อเสนอชื่อประธานพรรคการเมืองในสหรัฐอเมริกา, การประชุม… See more quy ước, hội nghị, hội thảo… See more zjazd, konwencja, obyczaj… See more Need a translator? 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