convene

CEFRC1

/kənˈviːn/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To bring people together for a meeting.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke; to summon.

Examples

  • They convene every evening at the library.

  • The assembly will convene tomorrow.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • [kənˈvɪin]
  • /kənˈvin/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To come together; to meet; to unite.

  2. To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.

  3. To summon judicially to meet or appear.

More examples

In context

  • Who will convene the meeting?

  • To forestall any problems, we convened on the rule that all the database records would avoid containing certain literal strings.

  • In short-sighted men […] the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom.

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Origin

verb

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-.