preconvention

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adjective

Before a convention (meeting or gathering).

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Meanings

adjectivepreconvention (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore a convention (meeting or gathering).
nounpreconvention (plural preconventions)

plural preconventions

  1. A preliminary convention.

    […] decisions previously made at preconventions held at local, regional, and national levels.

    1993, Barry Carr, Steve Ellner, The Latin American Left: From the Fall of Allende to Perestroika, page 236

Origin

From pre- + convention.

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APA

preconvention. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preconvention

MLA

“preconvention.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preconvention. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preconvention,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preconvention.

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