"convene" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkɒn.viːn/ [UK], /kənˈviːn/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-convene.wav [Southern-England] Forms: convenes [present, singular, third-person], convening [participle, present], convened [participle, past], convened [past]
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-. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷem-}}, {{bor|en|frm|convenir}} Middle French convenir, {{der|en|la|convenio|convenio, convenire|come together}} Latin convenio, convenire (“come together”), {{affix|la|con-|veniō|gloss1=with, together|gloss2=come|nocat=1}} con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʷm̥yéti}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti, {{m|ine-pro|*gʷem-}} *gʷem- Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive Translations (to come together, to meet, to unite): اِجْتَمَعَ (ijtamaʕa) (Arabic), събирам се (sǎbiram se) (Bulgarian), срещам се (sreštam se) (Bulgarian), 集合 (jíhé) (Chinese Mandarin), sejít se [perfective] (Czech), samenkomen (Dutch), zusammenkommen (German), conveniō (Latin), paihere (Maori), unir (Portuguese), собира́ться (sobirátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), convenir (Spanish), juntarse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-convene-en-verb-1OL8N1c7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 27 31 10 5 Disambiguation of 'to come together, to meet, to unite': 56 35 6 3 0
  2. (intransitive) To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble. Tags: intransitive Translations (to come together as in one body or for a public purpose): събирам се (sǎbiram se) (Bulgarian), 集合 (jíhé) (Chinese Mandarin), 装配 (zhuāngpèi) (Chinese Mandarin), sejít se [perfective] (Czech), samenkomen (Dutch), zusammentreten (German), sich versammeln (German), conveniō (Latin), собира́ться (sobirátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), сходи́ться (sxodítʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), constituirse (Spanish), sammanträda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-convene-en-verb-QfYOIKS2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 27 31 10 5 Disambiguation of 'to come together as in one body or for a public purpose': 31 60 6 2 1
  3. (transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause to assemble, to call together): свиквам (svikvam) (Bulgarian), 召集 (zhàojí) (Chinese Mandarin), 召開 (Chinese Mandarin), 召开 (zhàokāi) (Chinese Mandarin), svolat [perfective] (Czech), samenroepen (Dutch), kunvoki (Esperanto), kunvenigi (Esperanto), einberufen (German), zusammenrufen (German), versammeln (German), comhghairm (Irish), paihere (Maori), sammenkalle (Norwegian Bokmål), zwołać [perfective] (Polish), zwoływać [imperfective] (Polish), созыва́ть (sozyvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), собира́ть (sobirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), convocar (Spanish), reunir (Spanish), склика́ти (sklykáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), скли́кати (sklýkaty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-convene-en-verb-en:to_cause_to_assemble__to_call_together Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 27 31 10 5 Disambiguation of 'to cause to assemble, to call together': 8 16 73 2 1
  4. (transitive) To summon judicially to meet or appear. Tags: transitive Translations (to summon judicially to meet or appear): призовавам (prizovavam) (Bulgarian), 傳訊 (Chinese Mandarin), 传讯 (chuánxùn) (Chinese Mandarin), předvolat [perfective] (Czech), dagvaarden (Dutch), einberufen (German), vorladen (German), вызыва́ть (vyzyvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), convocar (Spanish), citar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-convene-en-verb-Q1Wpy5H3 Disambiguation of 'to summon judicially to meet or appear': 9 10 5 74 1
  5. (transitive, with "on" or "upon") To make a convention; to declare a rule by convention. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-convene-en-verb-fc4wfhDy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: meet, assemble, congregate, collect, unite, summon, convoke Derived forms: convener, convenor, reconvene, unconvene Related terms: convention

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble."
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          "roman": "zhuāngpèi",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
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        {
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          "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
          "word": "samenkomen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
          "word": "zusammentreten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 60 6 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
          "word": "sich versammeln"
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        {
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
          "word": "conveniō"
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        {
          "_dis1": "31 60 6 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sobirátʹsja",
          "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "собира́ться"
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        {
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "sxodítʹsja",
          "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
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          "word": "сходи́ться"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
          "word": "constituirse"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
          "word": "sammanträda"
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        "To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke."
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        "(transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke."
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          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "svikvam",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "word": "свиквам"
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        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhàojí",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "word": "召集"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "word": "召開"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhàokāi",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "word": "召开"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "svolat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "word": "samenroepen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "word": "kunvoki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "word": "kunvenigi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "word": "einberufen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "word": "zusammenrufen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "word": "versammeln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "word": "comhghairm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "word": "paihere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "word": "sammenkalle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zwołać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zwoływać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sozyvátʹ",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "созыва́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sobirátʹ",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "собира́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "word": "convocar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "word": "reunir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "sklykáty",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "склика́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 16 73 2 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "sklýkaty",
          "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "скли́кати"
        }
      ]
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        "To summon judicially to meet or appear."
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        "(transitive) To summon judicially to meet or appear."
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          "_dis1": "9 10 5 74 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prizovavam",
          "sense": "to summon judicially to meet or appear",
          "word": "призовавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 10 5 74 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to summon judicially to meet or appear",
          "word": "傳訊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 10 5 74 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chuánxùn",
          "sense": "to summon judicially to meet or appear",
          "word": "传讯"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 10 5 74 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to summon judicially to meet or appear",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "předvolat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 10 5 74 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to summon judicially to meet or appear",
          "word": "dagvaarden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 10 5 74 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to summon judicially to meet or appear",
          "word": "einberufen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 10 5 74 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to summon judicially to meet or appear",
          "word": "vorladen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 10 5 74 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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        "(transitive) To summon judicially to meet or appear."
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        "(transitive, with \"on\" or \"upon\") To make a convention; to declare a rule by convention."
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ijtamaʕa",
      "sense": "to come together, to meet, to unite",
      "word": "اِجْتَمَعَ"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎbiram se",
      "sense": "to come together, to meet, to unite",
      "word": "събирам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sreštam se",
      "sense": "to come together, to meet, to unite",
      "word": "срещам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jíhé",
      "sense": "to come together, to meet, to unite",
      "word": "集合"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to come together, to meet, to unite",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sejít se"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to come together, to meet, to unite",
      "word": "samenkomen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to come together, to meet, to unite",
      "word": "zusammenkommen"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to come together, to meet, to unite",
      "word": "conveniō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to come together, to meet, to unite",
      "word": "paihere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to come together, to meet, to unite",
      "word": "unir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sobirátʹsja",
      "sense": "to come together, to meet, to unite",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "собира́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to come together, to meet, to unite",
      "word": "convenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to come together, to meet, to unite",
      "word": "juntarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎbiram se",
      "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
      "word": "събирам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jíhé",
      "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
      "word": "集合"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhuāngpèi",
      "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
      "word": "装配"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sejít se"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
      "word": "samenkomen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
      "word": "zusammentreten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
      "word": "sich versammeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
      "word": "conveniō"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sobirátʹsja",
      "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "собира́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sxodítʹsja",
      "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сходи́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
      "word": "constituirse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to come together as in one body or for a public purpose",
      "word": "sammanträda"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svikvam",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "word": "свиквам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhàojí",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "word": "召集"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "word": "召開"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhàokāi",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "word": "召开"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "svolat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "word": "samenroepen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "word": "kunvoki"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "word": "kunvenigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "word": "einberufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "word": "zusammenrufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "word": "versammeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "word": "comhghairm"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "word": "paihere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "word": "sammenkalle"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zwołać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zwoływać"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sozyvátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "созыва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sobirátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "собира́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "word": "convocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "word": "reunir"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sklykáty",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "склика́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sklýkaty",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "скли́кати"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prizovavam",
      "sense": "to summon judicially to meet or appear",
      "word": "призовавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to summon judicially to meet or appear",
      "word": "傳訊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuánxùn",
      "sense": "to summon judicially to meet or appear",
      "word": "传讯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to summon judicially to meet or appear",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "předvolat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to summon judicially to meet or appear",
      "word": "dagvaarden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to summon judicially to meet or appear",
      "word": "einberufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to summon judicially to meet or appear",
      "word": "vorladen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyzyvátʹ",
      "sense": "to summon judicially to meet or appear",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вызыва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to summon judicially to meet or appear",
      "word": "convocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to summon judicially to meet or appear",
      "word": "citar"
    }
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  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Hebrew: __IGNORE__ (le'hitkanes) (1,2), __IGNORE__ (le'khanes) (3)",
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