convene
verb/kənˈviːn/
/kənˈviːn/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they convene | /kənˈviːn/ /kənˈviːn/ |
| he / she / it convenes | /kənˈviːnz/ /kənˈviːnz/ |
| past simple convened | /kənˈviːnd/ /kənˈviːnd/ |
| past participle convened | /kənˈviːnd/ /kənˈviːnd/ |
| -ing form convening | /kənˈviːnɪŋ/ /kənˈviːnɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] convene something to arrange for people to come together for a formal meeting
- to convene a meeting
- A Board of Inquiry was convened immediately after the accident.
- They decided to convene an extraordinary general meeting.
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- [intransitive] to come together for a formal meeting
- The committee will convene at 11.30 next Thursday.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin convenire ‘assemble, agree, fit’, from con- ‘together’ + venire ‘come’.
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