Definitions of convene [ənˈvin]

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Definition of 'convene'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) convene
to assemble, usu. for some public purpose.

2. (v.t.) convene
to cause to assemble; convoke.

3. convene
to summon to appear, as before a judicial officer.

Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L convenīre to come together =con-con - +venīre to come)

Definition of 'convene'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) convene
meet formally
"The council convened last week"

2. (verb) convoke, convene
call together
"The students were convened in the auditorium"

Definition of 'convene'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) convene
to come together; to meet; to unite

2. (verb) convene
to come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble

3. (verb) convene
to cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke

4. (verb) convene
to summon judicially to meet or appear

Translation of 'convene'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to (cause to) assemble or come together to convene a meeting.
Afrikaans: saamroep, byeenroep	Arabic: يَدعو إلى الإجْتِماع	Bulgarian: свиквам
Brazilian: convocar	Czech: svolat	German: einberufen
Danish: sammenkalde til; indkalde	Greek: συνέρχομαι, συγκεντρώνομα	Spanish: convocar
Estonian: kokku kutsuma, kogunema	Farsi: گردآوردن؛ تشکیل دادن	Finnish: kokoontua
French: convoquer	Hebrew: לְכַנֵס	Hindi: आहूत करना, बुलाना
Croatian: sazvati, sakupiti	Hungarian: összehív	Indonesian: mengundang rapat
Icelandic: koma/kalla saman	Italian: convocare	Japanese: 召集する
Korean: 소집하다	Lithuanian: sušaukti, rinktis	Latvian: sasaukt (sapulci u.tml.);
Malay: mengadakan	Dutch: bijeenroepen	Norwegian: (for)samles, komme/kalle
Polish: zbierać się	Persian: گردآوردن؛ تشکیل دادن	Pashto: غونډېدل، يو ځاې كېدل يوځا
Portuguese: convocar	Romanian: a convoca	Russian: созывать
Slovak: zvolať	Slovenian: zbrati (se), sklicati	Serbian: sazvati
Swedish: komma samman, samlas, sam	Thai: ชุมนุมกัน	Turkish: topla(n)mak
Taiwanese: 召集	Ukrainian: скликати; збирати	Urdu: اجلاس طلب كرنا، منعقد كرن
Vietnamese: tụ họp	Chinese: 召集
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