convene

[ kuhn-veen ]

verb (used without object)

, con·vened, con·ven·ing.

1. to come together or assemble, usually for some public purpose.

   Synonyms: gather, collect, meet, congregate

verb (used with object)

, con·vened, con·ven·ing.

1. to cause to assemble; convoke.
2. to summon to appear, as before a judicial officer.

convene

/ kənˈviːn /

verb

1. to gather, call together, or summon, esp for a formal meeting
2. tr to order to appear before a court of law, judge, tribunal, etc

Other Words From

• con·vena·ble adjective
• con·vena·bly adverb
• con·vener con·venor noun
• recon·vene verb reconvened reconvening
• uncon·vena·ble adjective
• uncon·vened adjective
• uncon·vening adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of convene¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin convenīre to come together, equivalent to con- con- + venīre to come

Word History and Origins

Origin of convene¹

C15: from Latin convenīre to assemble, from venīre to come

Example Sentences

In 2012, a dozen or so attendees convened at the ACA’s first event during the men’s Final Four in New Orleans.

From Washington Post

In its first floor session since the legislature convened last month, the House of Delegates voted 95 to 37 on Monday to override Hogan’s veto of the school overhaul bill.

From Washington Post

Next week, the House Financial Services Committee will convene a hearing to try to get to the bottom of how social media, gamification, zero-commission trading and the emergence of retail investing are influencing the markets.

From Fortune

As soon as Thursday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is convening leaders of the SEC, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to review the matter.

From Washington Post

Their valuation successes—however short- or long-lived—are products of “meme” culture, the phenomenon of people convening, commiserating, and cracking jokes on social media.

From Fortune

He also should convene his Cabinet heads and ask them what else they can do to boost participation.

From The Daily Beast

Everyone knows that in Washington, when you want an issue to go away, convene a panel.

From The Daily Beast

The first Syria peace talks in over a year will convene next week in Geneva with some opposition participation.

From The Daily Beast

They all convene at the Weston family home, and over the next several days, a series of ghosts come out of the closet.

From The Daily Beast

There has been talk about should we convene a conversation on race.

From The Daily Beast

And Robinson heard him scuttle about and hastily convene small boys and dispatch them down the road to look at an honest man.

From Project Gutenberg

The governor shall have power to convene the legislature on extraordinary occasions.

From Project Gutenberg

When threatened with a council, they again replied, that none but the pope could convene it.

From Project Gutenberg

Some merry, friendly countra folksTogether did convene,To burn their nuts, an' pluck their stocksAn' hand their hollowe'en.

From Project Gutenberg

From the municipal chambers he hurried round the town to convene an indignation meeting for the following week.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• assemble
• gather
• open
• summon