convene
To come together; to meet; to uniteTo come together; to meet; to unite.
» Tom cancelled the meeting he had convened.
Tom sagte die von ihm einberufene Sitzung ab.
Meaning
5 senses(intransitive)To come together; to meet; to unite.
zusammenkommen
собира́тьсяsobirátʹsja
call together
(intransitive)To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
zusammentreten, sich versammeln
собира́тьсяsobirátʹsja, сходи́тьсяsxodítʹsja
(transitive)To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke; to summon.
einberufen, zusammenrufen, versammeln
созыва́тьsozyvátʹ, собира́тьsobirátʹ
склика́тиsklykáty, скли́катиsklýkaty
(transitive)To summon judicially to meet or appear.
einberufen, vorladen
вызыва́тьvyzyvátʹ
meet formally
(transitive)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.
Examples
12 sentencesTom cancelled the meeting he had convened.
deTom sagte die von ihm einberufene Sitzung ab. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
They convene every evening at the library.
The students convened in front of the school.
I shan't go to the meeting Tom convened.
deIch werde nicht zu dem von Tom einberufenem Treffen gehen. — tarsier
An extraordinary summit of finance ministers has been convened for this evening.
deFür heute Abend wurde ein Sondergipfel der Finanzminister einberufen. — MUIRIEL
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French convenir, from Latin convenio, convenire (“come together”), frBorrowed 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-.
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Forms
convenes, convening, convened, convenedSynonyms
1 synonyms- call together:convoke
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle