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convene

verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈviːn/
  • Berkshire Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /kənˈvin/
  • Australian: /kənˈviːn/
  • Australian: [kənˈvɪin] cultivated
  • New-Zealand: /kənˈviːn/
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N V IY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To come together; to meet; to unite.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To summon judicially to meet or appear.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To make a convention; to declare a rule by convention.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

call together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The students were convened in the auditorium

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: convoke

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: summon

7

verb

Meaning 7

meet formally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The council convened last week

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather

Narrower terms: reconvene, sit

History

Etymology

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-.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِجْتَمَعَ (ijtamaʕa) — to come together, to meet, to unite
  • Bulgarian: събирам се (sǎbiram se) — to come together, to meet, to unite
  • Bulgarian: срещам се (sreštam se) — to come together, to meet, to unite
  • Chinese Mandarin: 集合 (jíhé) — to come together, to meet, to unite
  • Czech: sejít se — to come together, to meet, to unite
  • Dutch: samenkomen — to come together, to meet, to unite
  • German: zusammenkommen — to come together, to meet, to unite
  • Latin: conveniō — to come together, to meet, to unite
  • Māori: paihere — to come together, to meet, to unite
  • Portuguese: unir — to come together, to meet, to unite
  • Russian: собира́ться (sobirátʹsja) — to come together, to meet, to unite
  • Spanish: convenir — to come together, to meet, to unite
  • Spanish: juntarse — to come together, to meet, to unite
  • Spanish: reunirse — to come together, to meet, to unite
  • Bulgarian: събирам се (sǎbiram se) — to come together as in one body or for a public purpose
  • Chinese Mandarin: 集合 (jíhé) — to come together as in one body or for a public purpose
  • Chinese Mandarin: 装配 (zhuāngpèi) — to come together as in one body or for a public purpose
  • Czech: sejít se — to come together as in one body or for a public purpose
  • Dutch: samenkomen — to come together as in one body or for a public purpose
  • German: zusammentreten — to come together as in one body or for a public purpose
  • German: sich versammeln — to come together as in one body or for a public purpose
  • Latin: conveniō — to come together as in one body or for a public purpose
  • Russian: собира́ться (sobirátʹsja) — to come together as in one body or for a public purpose
  • Russian: сходи́ться (sxodítʹsja) — to come together as in one body or for a public purpose
  • Spanish: constituirse — to come together as in one body or for a public purpose
  • Swedish: sammanträda — to come together as in one body or for a public purpose
  • Bulgarian: свиквам (svikvam) — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • Chinese Mandarin: 召集 (zhàojí) — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • Chinese Mandarin: 召開 /召开 (zhàokāi) — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • Czech: svolat — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • Dutch: samenroepen — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • Esperanto: kunvoki — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • Esperanto: kunvenigi — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • German: einberufen — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • German: zusammenrufen — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • German: versammeln — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • Irish: comhghairm — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • Māori: paihere — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sammenkalle — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • Polish: zwołać — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • Polish: zwoływać — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • Russian: созыва́ть (sozyvátʹ) — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • Russian: собира́ть (sobirátʹ) — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • Spanish: reunir — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • Ukrainian: склика́ти (sklykáty) — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • Ukrainian: скли́кати (sklýkaty) — to cause to assemble, to call together
  • Bulgarian: призовавам (prizovavam) — to summon judicially to meet or appear
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傳訊 /传讯 (chuánxùn) — to summon judicially to meet or appear
  • Czech: předvolat — to summon judicially to meet or appear
  • Dutch: dagvaarden — to summon judicially to meet or appear
  • German: einberufen — to summon judicially to meet or appear
  • German: vorladen — to summon judicially to meet or appear
  • Russian: вызыва́ть (vyzyvátʹ) — to summon judicially to meet or appear
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