convene
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convene
- /kənˈviːn/ UK
- /kənˈvin/ Canada, US
- /kənˈviːn/ Australia
- [kənˈvɪin] Australia
- /kənˈviːn/ New Zealand
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French convenir, from Latin convenio, convenire (“come together”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti, from the root *gʷem-.
verb convenes · convening · convened
- To come together; to meet; to unite. In short-sighted men […] the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom.
- To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble. The Parliament of Scotland now convened.
- To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke; to summon.
- To summon judicially to meet or appear.
- To make a convention; to declare a rule by convention. To forestall any problems, we convened on the rule that all the database records would avoid containing certain literal strings.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: convoke, gather, summon, assemble, organized, unite, collect, organization, organising, organize, convocation, organizing, combine, compile, host, arrange
Translations
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verb to come together, to meet, to unite
| Español | convenir, juntarse, reunirse |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 集合 jíhé |
| Português | unir |
| Deutsch | zusammenkommen |
| Русский | собира́ться sobirátʹsja |
| العربية | اِجْتَمَعَ ijtamaʕa |
verb to come together as in one body or for a public purpose
| Español | constituirse |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 集合 jíhé, 装配 zhuāngpèi |
| Deutsch | zusammentreten, sich versammeln |
| Русский | собира́ться sobirátʹsja, сходи́ться sxodítʹsja |
verb to cause to assemble, to call together
| Español | reunir |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 召集 zhàojí, 召開 /召开 zhàokāi |
| Deutsch | einberufen, zusammenrufen, versammeln |
| Русский | созыва́ть sozyvátʹ, собира́ть sobirátʹ |
verb to summon judicially to meet or appear
| 中文 | 傳訊 /传讯 chuánxùn |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | einberufen, vorladen |
| Русский | вызыва́ть vyzyvátʹ |
Talk about this word "convene." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/convene. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. convene. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/convene "convene." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/convene.Cite this
@misc{convene_2026,
title = {convene},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/convene},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
