What does convene mean?

Definitions for convene
kənˈvincon·vene

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. conveneverb

    meet formally

    "The council convened last week"

  2. convoke, conveneverb

    call together

    "The students were convened in the auditorium"

Wiktionary

  1. conveneverb

    To come together; to meet; to unite.

  2. conveneverb

    To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.

  3. conveneverb

    To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.

  4. conveneverb

    To summon judicially to meet or appear.

  5. Etymology: convenire; con- + venire (to come).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Conveneverb

    No man was better pleased with the convening of this parliament than myself. Charles I .

    All the factious and schismatical people would frequently, as well in the night as the day, convene themselves by the sound of a bell. Edward Hyde.

    And now th’ almighty father of the gods
    Convenes a council in the blest abodes. Alexander Pope, Statius.

    By the papal canon law, clerks, in criminal and civil causes, cannot be convened before any but an ecclesiastical judge. John Ayliffe.

  2. To CONVENEverb

    To come together; to assemble; to associate; to unite.

    Etymology: convenio, Latin.

    The fire separates the aqueous parts from the others wherewith they were blended in the concrete, and brings them into the receiver, where they convene into a liquor. Boyle.

    There are settled periods of their convening, or a liberty left to the prince for convoking the legislature. John Locke.

    In short-sighted men, whose eyes are too plump, the refraction being too great, the rays converge and convene in the eyes, before they come at the bottom. Isaac Newton, Opt.

Wikipedia

  1. convene

    Learning Technology Partners (previously known as Convene) is an early distance learning company and the largest company in that market. The software company was founded in the late 1980s by Larry Allen when he created collaborative seminary training programs. Although Convene still has collaborative software for use by some 15,000 religious leaders, it expanded into an international distance learning software company in 1993. It uses specialized software to facilitate online classes for over 100 universities.

ChatGPT

  1. convene

    To convene means to gather or gather together a group of people for a specific purpose or activity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Conveneverb

    to come together; to meet; to unite

  2. Conveneverb

    to come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble

  3. Conveneverb

    to cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke

  4. Conveneverb

    to summon judicially to meet or appear

Wikidata

  1. Convene

    Convene is an early distance learning company and the largest company in that market. The software company was founded in the late 1980s by Larry Allen when he created collaborative seminary training programs. Although Convene still has collaborative software for use by some 15,000 religious leaders, it expanded into an international distance learning software company in 1993. It uses specialized software to facilitate online classes for over 100 universities.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Convene

    kon-vēn′, v.i. to come together: to assemble.—v.t. to call together.—adj. Convē′nable.—n. Conven′er, one who convenes a meeting: the chairman of a committee. [Fr.,—L. conven-īre, from con, together, and venīre, to come.]

CrunchBase

  1. Convene

    At Convene, we are inspired and guided by our understanding and respect for how space and service can positively influence collaboration and work. We strive to refine and align every aspect of our operation to deliver a more enjoyable and productive user experience.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of convene in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of convene in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of convene in a Sentence

  1. Vice President-elect Mike Pence:

    The president-elect's made it very clear he wants the Congress when they convene in early January to take up the task of repealing and replacing ObamaCare first.

  2. Joe Biden:

    I hope I leave office ... as a respected figure who can convene people and bring people together. and I just think the president and I talked about what we do together. What we each want to do out of office.

  3. Janet Yellen:

    I plan to shortly convene the heads of the MDBs to articulate our expectations that the MDBs align their portfolios with the Paris Agreement and net-zero goals as urgently as possible, we also expect them to take steps to more effectively mobilize private capital so that developing countries can increasingly benefit from private sector pledges to support climate-aligned and sustainable investments.

  4. Neil Chatterjee:

    Every CEO in the energy sector — and especially pipeline CEOs — should immediately convene their incident management teams to do a deep dive review of their security posture and protocols.

  5. White House:

    I would not envision a long extension of funding at current levels, but rather enough time for Congress to finally convene the talks, reach an agreement and implement it, thereby avoiding a government shutdown but also insuring that our national security and economic priorities are properly funded.

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Translations for convene

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  • عقدArabic
  • събирам се, призовавам, срещам се, свиквамBulgarian
  • versammeln, arrangieren, bilden, einberufen, zusammenkommen, zusammenrufen, herbeirufenGerman
  • kunvokiEsperanto
  • convenirSpanish
  • دور هم جمع شدنPersian
  • comhghairmIrish
  • convocareItalian
  • conveniuntLatin
  • samenkomen, dagvaarden, samenroepenDutch
  • zwołaćPolish
  • unirPortuguese
  • созывать, собираться, собирать, вызывать, сходитьсяRussian
  • sammanträdaSwedish
  • ประชุมThai

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