Attended the Democratic National ____ in San Francisco in 1984.

noun

1. Agreement, contract
2. An agreement between states for regulation of matters affecting all of them

   "an international convention banning the spread of nuclear weapons"

3. A compact between opposing commanders especially concerning prisoner exchange or armistice
4. A general agreement about basic principles or procedures
5. The summoning or convening of an assembly
6. An assembly of persons met for a common purpose

   "a comic book convention"

7. The usually state or national organization of a religious denomination
8. Usage or custom especially in social matters

   "conventions of society"

9. A rule of conduct or behavior
10. A practice in bidding or playing that conveys information between partners in a card game (such as bridge)
11. An established technique, practice, or device (as in the theater)

    "The usual romantic conventions made the film predictable."

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

idiom

1. To do unexpected or unusual things

   "a director who has always defied convention in his movies"

noun

1. An international law that explains how people who are wounded or taken prisoner during a war are supposed to be treated

noun

1. An assembly of persons gathered in response to or in protest against another assembly a competing or opposing convention

   "Democrats who gathered Thursday for the Clinton campaign's counterconvention, less than a mile from the Republican National Convention site, blasted the event and vowed their convention next week in Philadelphia would have a kinder tone."

adjective

1. Occurring before a convention

   "preconvention proceedings"