US /kənˈviːn/ UK /kənˈviːn/
verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to come or bring together for a meeting

    The council will convene at noon to vote on the budget.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to come or bring together... assemblegatherconvokesummonmeetmustercongregate
Word family
Derived forms convenerconvenor

Etymology

From Latin convenire ('to come together, assemble'), from con- ('together') + venire ('to come').

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