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convene
[ kuhn-veen ]
verb (used without object)
- to come together or assemble, usually for some public purpose.
Synonyms: gather, collect, meet, congregate
verb (used with object)
- to cause to assemble; convoke.
- to summon to appear, as before a judicial officer.
convene
/ kənˈviːn /
verb
- to gather, call together, or summon, esp for a formal meeting
- tr to order to appear before a court of law, judge, tribunal, etc
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Other Words From
- con·vena·ble adjective
- con·vena·bly adverb
- con·vener con·venor noun
- recon·vene verb reconvened reconvening
- uncon·vena·ble adjective
- uncon·vened adjective
- uncon·vening adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of convene1
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Example Sentences
He also should convene his Cabinet heads and ask them what else they can do to boost participation.
Everyone knows that in Washington, when you want an issue to go away, convene a panel.
The first Syria peace talks in over a year will convene next week in Geneva with some opposition participation.
They all convene at the Weston family home, and over the next several days, a series of ghosts come out of the closet.
There has been talk about should we convene a conversation on race.
And Robinson heard him scuttle about and hastily convene small boys and dispatch them down the road to look at an honest man.
The governor shall have power to convene the legislature on extraordinary occasions.
When threatened with a council, they again replied, that none but the pope could convene it.
Some merry, friendly countra folksTogether did convene,To burn their nuts, an' pluck their stocksAn' hand their hollowe'en.
From the municipal chambers he hurried round the town to convene an indignation meeting for the following week.
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