convene

English

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-.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒn.viːn/, /kənˈviːn/

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Verb

convene (third-person singular simple present convenes, present participle convening, simple past and past participle convened)

1. (intransitive) To come together; to meet; to unite.
   • 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:

     In short-sighted men […] the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom.

2. (intransitive) To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
   • 1670, Richard Baker, A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Romans Government unto the Death of King James:

     The Parliament of Scotland now convened.

   • 1727, James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:

     Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene.

4. (transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
5. (transitive) To summon judicially to meet or appear.
6. (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.

Synonyms

• meet
• assemble
• congregate
• collect
• unite
• summon
• convoke

Derived terms

• convener, convenor
• reconvene
• unconvene

Related terms

• convention

Translations

to come together, to meet, to unite

• Arabic: اِجْتَمَعَ (ijtamaʕa)
• Bulgarian: събирам се (sǎbiram se), срещам се (sreštam se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 集合 (zh) (jíhé)

• Czech: sejít se pf
• Dutch: samenkomen (nl)
• German: zusammenkommen (de)
• Latin: conveniō (la)
• Maori: paihere
• Portuguese: unir (pt)
• Russian: собира́ться (ru) impf (sobirátʹsja)
• Spanish: convenir (es), juntarse (es)

to come together as in one body or for a public purpose

• Bulgarian: събирам се (sǎbiram se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 集合 (zh) (jíhé), 装配 (zh) (zhuāngpèi)

• Czech: sejít se pf
• Dutch: samenkomen (nl)
• German: zusammentreten (de), sich versammeln (de)
• Latin: conveniō (la)
• Russian: собира́ться (ru) impf (sobirátʹsja), сходи́ться (ru) impf (sxodítʹsja)
• Spanish: constituirse (es)
• Swedish: sammanträda (sv)

to cause to assemble, to call together

• Bulgarian: свиквам (bg) (svikvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 召集 (zh) (zhàojí), 召開／召开 (zh) (zhàokāi)

• Czech: svolat pf
• Dutch: samenroepen
• Esperanto: kunvoki, kunvenigi
• German: einberufen (de), zusammenrufen (de), versammeln (de)
• Irish: comhghairm
• Maori: paihere
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sammenkalle

• Polish: zwołać (pl) pf, zwoływać (pl) impf
• Russian: созыва́ть (ru) impf (sozyvátʹ), собира́ть (ru) impf (sobirátʹ)
• Spanish: convocar (es), reunir (es)
• Ukrainian: склика́ти impf (sklykáty), скли́кати pf (sklýkaty)

to summon judicially to meet or appear

• Bulgarian: призовавам (bg) (prizovavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳訊／传讯 (zh) (chuánxùn)

• Czech: předvolat (cs) pf
• Dutch: dagvaarden (nl)
• German: einberufen (de), vorladen (de)
• Russian: вызыва́ть (ru) impf (vyzyvátʹ)
• Spanish: convocar (es), citar (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} عَقَدَ (ar) (ʕaqada) (ʕaqada)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} להתכנס (le'hitkanes) (1,2), ^{(please verify)} לכנס (le'khanes) (3)