Dictionary

convene en · VERB

Pronunciation

• audio Berkshire
• [kənˈvɪin] (Australia) cultivated
• /kənˈviːn/ (Australia)
• /kənˈviːn/ (New-Zealand)
• /kənˈviːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kənˈvin/ (Canada, General-American)

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-.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To come together; to meet; to unite.
   • In short-sighted men […] the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom. 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:
2. (intransitive) To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
   • The solicitor, a Mr. Gilmer, was not well known to us. He was from Abbottsville; we saw him only when court convened, and that rarely, for court was of no special interest to Jem and me. 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
   • The Parliament of Scotland now convened. 1670, Richard Baker, A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Romans Government unto the Death of King James:
   • Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene. a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
3. (transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke; to summon.
4. (transitive) To summon judicially to meet or appear.
5. (transitive, with "on" or "upon") To make a convention; to declare a rule by convention.
   • To forestall any problems, we convened on the rule that all the database records would avoid containing certain literal strings.

Forms

Deriveds

convener · unconvened · convenor · unconvene · reconvene

Relateds

convenience · supervene · conventional · convenient · convention

Translations (53)

bg събирам се (to come together as in one body or for a public purpose) · ru собира́ться (to come together, to meet, to unite) · de einberufen (to cause to assemble, to call together) · la conveniō (to come together, to meet, to unite) · de sich versammeln (to come together as in one body or for a public purpose) · de zusammenkommen (to come together, to meet, to unite) · cmn 装配 (to come together as in one body or for a public purpose) · ru сходи́ться (to come together as in one body or for a public purpose) · cs předvolat (to summon judicially to meet or appear) · de zusammenrufen (to cause to assemble, to call together) · bg свиквам (to cause to assemble, to call together) · la conveniō (to come together as in one body or for a public purpose) · de einberufen (to summon judicially to meet or appear) · es juntarse (to come together, to meet, to unite) · bg срещам се (to come together, to meet, to unite) · sv sammanträda (to come together as in one body or for a public purpose) · ru вызыва́ть (to summon judicially to meet or appear) · cmn 集合 (to come together, to meet, to unite) · uk скли́кати (to cause to assemble, to call together) · ru созыва́ть (to cause to assemble, to call together) · nl samenkomen (to come together, to meet, to unite) · nl samenkomen (to come together as in one body or for a public purpose) · ga comhghairm (to cause to assemble, to call together) · bg призовавам (to summon judicially to meet or appear) · es convenir (to come together, to meet, to unite) · nb sammenkalle (to cause to assemble, to call together) · es reunirse (to come together, to meet, to unite) · cmn 召開 /召开 (to cause to assemble, to call together) · de zusammentreten (to come together as in one body or for a public purpose) · de vorladen (to summon judicially to meet or appear) · cs sejít se (to come together as in one body or for a public purpose) · cmn 集合 (to come together as in one body or for a public purpose) · es constituirse (to come together as in one body or for a public purpose) · pl zwołać (to cause to assemble, to call together) · eo kunvoki (to cause to assemble, to call together) · cmn 傳訊 /传讯 (to summon judicially to meet or appear) · de versammeln (to cause to assemble, to call together) · mi paihere (to cause to assemble, to call together) · cmn 召集 (to cause to assemble, to call together) · ru собира́ть (to cause to assemble, to call together) · pt unir (to come together, to meet, to unite) · mi paihere (to come together, to meet, to unite) · ar اِجْتَمَعَ (to come together, to meet, to unite) · ru собира́ться (to come together as in one body or for a public purpose) · pl zwoływać (to cause to assemble, to call together) · es reunir (to cause to assemble, to call together) · eo kunvenigi (to cause to assemble, to call together) · cs sejít se (to come together, to meet, to unite) · bg събирам се (to come together, to meet, to unite) · nl dagvaarden (to summon judicially to meet or appear) · cs svolat (to cause to assemble, to call together) · uk склика́ти (to cause to assemble, to call together) · nl samenroepen (to cause to assemble, to call together)