"convene" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /kənˈviːn/ [UK], /kənˈvin/ [Canada, US], /kənˈviːn/ [General-Australian], [kənˈvɪin] [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-convene.wav 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 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)
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  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)
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  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 /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)
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  4. (transitive) To summon judicially to meet or appear. Tags: transitive Translations (to summon judicially to meet or appear): призовавам (prizovavam) (Bulgarian), 傳訊 /传讯 (chuánxùn) (Chinese Mandarin), předvolat [perfective] (Czech), dagvaarden (Dutch), einberufen (German), vorladen (German), вызыва́ть (vyzyvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), convocar (Spanish), citar (Spanish)
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  5. (transitive, with "on" or "upon") To make a convention; to declare a rule by convention. Tags: transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: convener, convenor, reconvene, unconvene, unconvened Related terms: convenience, convenient, convention, conventional, supervene

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "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-.",
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        "singular",
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      ]
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        "present"
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "convenient"
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      "word": "convention"
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    {
      "word": "supervene"
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        {
          "ref": "1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "In short-sighted men […] the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom.",
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        }
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        "To come together; to meet; to unite."
      ],
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          "unite",
          "unite"
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        "(intransitive) To come together; to meet; to unite."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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    },
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      "categories": [
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1670, Richard Baker, A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Romans Government unto the Death of King James:",
          "text": "The Parliament of Scotland now convened.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene.",
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        "To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble."
      ],
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          "assemble"
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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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        "intransitive"
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      "glosses": [
        "To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke."
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          "convoke"
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        "(transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke."
      ],
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        "en:to cause to assemble, to call together"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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      "glosses": [
        "To summon judicially to meet or appear."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To summon judicially to meet or appear."
      ],
      "tags": [
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
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          "text": "To forestall any problems, we convened on the rule that all the database records would avoid containing certain literal strings.",
          "type": "example"
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      "glosses": [
        "To make a convention; to declare a rule by convention."
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        "(transitive, with \"on\" or \"upon\") To make a convention; to declare a rule by convention."
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        "with \"on\" or \"upon\""
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        "transitive"
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      "ipa": "/kənˈviːn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/kənˈvin/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kənˈviːn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
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      "ipa": "[kənˈvɪin]",
      "tags": [
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ijtamaʕa",
      "sense": "to come together, to meet, to unite",
      "word": "اِجْتَمَعَ"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "roman": "zhàokāi",
      "sense": "to cause to assemble, to call together",
      "word": "召開 /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",
      "roman": "chuánxùn",
      "sense": "to summon judicially to meet or appear",
      "word": "傳訊 /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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "convene"
}

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