CONVENE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they convene ... he / she / it convenes

Past simple: convened

Past participle: convened

-ing form: convening

Sense 1

Meaning:

Call together

Example:

The students were convened in the auditorium

Synonyms:

convene; convoke

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "convene" is one way to...):

summon (ask to come)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

convener (the member of a group whose duty it is to convene meetings)

convening; convention (the act of convening)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Meet formally

Example:

The council convened last week

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "convene" is one way to...):

assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "convene"):

reconvene (meet again)

sit (be in session)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

The crowds convene in the streets