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How to pronounce convene in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms convoke
Type of summon
Derivation convener, convening, convention


The students were convened in the auditorium.
Type Words
Type of foregather, forgather, gather, assemble, meet
Has types sit, reconvene
Derivation convening, convention


The council convened last week.

Examples of convene

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Parliamentarians forced his hand by threatening to convene without his approval.
From the online.wsj.com
Zebari hopes to convene a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Baghdad in March.
From the philly.com
The final debate Wednesday night concerned when Town Meeting would next convene.
From the boston.com
Next, establish a regular forum where these roles convene to make big decisions.
From the forbes.com
So legislators are already shuffling their bills before they convene in January.
From the economist.com
Events for Monday have been canceled, though the committee will convene briefly.
From the scienceblogs.com
Without a quorum, it could not convene, so Yuan disbanded it on 10 January 1914.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Morsi's move to convene parliament also appeared to widen political fault lines.
From the washingtonpost.com
President Nicolas Sarkozy will convene a summit Saturday to look at the crisis.
From the cnn.com
More examples
  • Meet formally; "The council convened last week"
  • Convoke: call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium"
  • (convening) convention: the act of convening
  • Convene is an early distance learning company and currently 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. ...
  • (Convenia) Cefovecin (INN) is an antibiotic of the cephalosporin class, licensed for the treatment of skin infections in cats and dogs. It is marketed by Pfizer under the trade name Convenia.
  • : To come together; to meet; to unite; : To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble; : To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke; : To summon judicially to meet or appear
  • (Convening) The bringing together of multiple parties with different interests in order to discuss and develop solutions to a conflict. A neutral must communicate the purpose, ground rules, and other details of such a meeting with each party.
  • (Convening) The use of a neutral to help parties determine whether and how to pursue negotiations; the convener may help the parties identify and clarify issues, identify necessary participants, determine whether some type of neutral assistance would be useful, and if so, select a mutually ...
  • (Convening) To gather diverse stakeholders to exchange information or work collaboratively to improve health.