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convention
Noun
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A convention is a large meeting of a specific group or for a specific purpose.
There's a doctor's convention in town this week and all the hotels are full.
The garden show will be at the convention centre.
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A convention is an international agreement the controls how countries behave.
This action goes against the European Convention on Human Rights.
In my culture, a convention is to eat raw fish.
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A convention is a particular way of acting or a particular belief of a group of people.
By convention, people in North America drive on the right hand side of the road.
There are a set of conventions that every member must observe.
refugee
Noun
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A refugee is a person who is forced to leave their own country in order to escape war or natural disasters.