verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/kənˈviːn/
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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
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Meaning relationships
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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
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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
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Meaning relationships
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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.
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