con‧vene AC /kənˈviːn/ verb[INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE] [Word Family: verb: convene; noun: convener] [date : 1400-1500; Language : French; Origin : convenir 'to come together', from Latin convenire; ⇨ convenient] if a group of people convene, or someone convenes them, they come together, especially for a formal meeting: ▪ a report by experts convened by the National Institutes of Health
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES convene a conferenceformal (= arrange one) ▪ a national conference on school violence convened by the U. S. Department of Education COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS NOUN conference ▪ It requested the Secretary-General to convene a UN-sponsored international conference on this issue. meeting ▪ If he decides to call a meeting, then the proofs of debt must be sent with the notice convening the meeting. ▪ He often acts as secretary of the local authority responsible for convening all the meetings of the local authority and its committees. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ A board was convened to judge the design competition. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ His plan to convene a summer political convention drawing together individuals and groups who organized the Million Man March. ▪ If the Bundestag is unable to convene, legislative power goes to a joint committee of the Bundestag and Bundesrat. ▪ It was announced on Oct. 25 that the National Assembly would convene on Nov. 4. ▪ There were only a few dozen synagogues and fewer rabbis, yet the synod took two decades to convene. ▪ When the Democrats convene in Chicago later this month, they will try to equal or surpass the Republican hyperbole. ▪ With no parliament, the board can not convene.
con‧vene AC /kənˈviːn/ verb [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE] 