convene

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French convenir, from Latin convenio, convenire (“come together”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɒn.vɪin/, /kənˈvɪin/ (UK)

Verb

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

(intransitive) To come together; to meet; to unite.
- Isaac Newton
  In short-sighted men […] the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom.
(intransitive) To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
- Sir R. Baker
  The Parliament of Scotland now convened.
- Thomson
  Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene.
(transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
(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

Translations

to come together, to meet, to unite

Bulgarian: събирам се (sǎbiram se), срещам се (sreštam se)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 集合 (zh) (jíhé)
Dutch: samenkomen (nl)
German: zusammenkommen (de)

Latin: conveniō (la)
Maori: paihere
Portuguese: unir (pt)
Russian: собира́ться (ru) impf (sobirátʹsja)
Spanish: convenir (es)

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

Bulgarian: събирам се (sǎbiram se)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 集合 (zh) (jíhé), 装配 (zh) (zhuāngpèi)
Dutch: samenkomen (nl)

German: zusammenkommen (de), versammeln (de)
Latin: conveniō (la)
Russian: собира́ться (ru) impf (sobirátʹsja), сходи́ться (ru) impf (sxodítʹsja)
Swedish: sammanträda (sv)

to cause to assemble, to call together

Bulgarian: свиквам (bg) (svikvam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 召集 (zh) (zhàojí)
Dutch: samenroepen
German: bilden (de), zusammenrufen, arrangieren (de)
Irish: comhghairm

Maori: paihere
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sammenkalle
Russian: созыва́ть (ru) impf (sozyvátʹ), собира́ть (ru) impf (sobirátʹ)
Spanish: convocar (es)

to summon judicially to meet or appear

Bulgarian: призовавам (bg) (prizovavam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傳訊 (zh), 传讯 (zh) (chuánxùn)

Dutch: dagvaarden (nl)
German: einberufen (de), herbeirufen (de)
Russian: вызыва́ть (ru) impf (vyzyvátʹ)

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Arabic: عَقَدَ‎ (ʿaqada) (ʕaqada)

Hebrew: להתכנס (le'hitkanes) (1,2); לכנס (le'khanes) (3)

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