convene

English

Etymology

Latin convenire; con- + venire (to come).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɒn.vɪin/, /kənˈvɪin/ X-SAMPA: /"kQn.vi:n/, /k@n"vi:n/ (UK)

Verb

convene (third-person singular simple present convenes, present participle convening, simple past and past participle convened)

1. (intransitive): To come together; to meet; to unite.
2. (intransitive): To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
3. (transitive): To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
4. (transitive): To summon judicially to meet or appear.

Synonyms

• to meet
• to assemble
• to congregate
• to collect
• to unite
• to summon
• to convoke

Derived terms

• convention
• convener, convenor

Translations

to come together, to meet, to unite

• Bulgarian: събирам се (bg) (sǎbiram se), срещам се (bg) (sreštam se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 集合 (cmn) (jíhé)

• Dutch: samenkomen (nl)

• German: zusammenkommen (de)
• Portuguese: unir (pt)
• Russian: собираться (ru) (sobiratʹsja)
• Spanish: convenir (es)

to come together as in one body or for a public purpose

• Bulgarian: събирам се (bg) (sǎbiram se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 集合 (cmn) (jíhé), 装配 (cmn) (zhuāngpèi)

• Dutch: samenkomen (nl)
• German: zusammenkommen (de), versammeln (de)
• Russian: собираться (ru) (sobiratʹsja), сходиться (ru) (sxoditʹsja)

to cause to assemble, to call together

• Bulgarian: свиквам (bg) (svikvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 召集 (cmn) (zhàojí)

• Dutch: samenroepen (nl)

• German: bilden (de), zusammenrufen (de), arrangieren (de)
• Irish: comhghairm (ga)
• Russian: созывать (ru) (sozyvatʹ), собирать (ru) (sobiratʹ)

to summon judicially to meet or appear

• Bulgarian: призовавам (bg) (prizovavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 传讯 (cmn) (chuánxùn)

• Dutch: dagvaarden (nl)
• German: einberufen (de), herbeirufen (de)
• Russian: вызывать (ru) (vyzyvatʹ)

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: عَقَدَ (ʕaqada)
• Hebrew: להתכנס (le'hitkanes) (1,2); לכנס (le'khanes) (3)