Synonyms for convene
kənˈvincon·vene

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1. conveneverb

   Synonyms:
   summon, congregate, convoke, collect, meet, assemble, unite

2. conveneverb

   : To come together; to meet; to unite.

   Synonyms:
   summon, congregate, unite, collect, assemble, convoke, meet

3. conveneverb

   : To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.

   Synonyms:
   summon, congregate, assemble, convoke, collect, unite, meet

4. conveneverb

   : To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.

   Synonyms:
   convoke, unite, summon, collect, meet, assemble, congregate

5. conveneverb

   : To summon judicially to meet or appear.

   Synonyms:
   unite, summon, convoke, congregate, meet, assemble, collect

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1. convene

   A convention is called by some officer or officers, as by its president, its executive committee, or some eminent leaders; the delegates are assembled or convened in a certain place, at a certain hour. Convoke implies an organized body and a superior authority; assemble and convene express more independent action; Parliament is convoked; Congress assembles. Troops are mustered; witnesses and jurymen are summoned.

   Synonyms:
   assemble, call, call together, collect, convoke, gather, muster, summon

   Antonyms:
   adjourn, break up, disband, discharge, dismiss, disperse, dissolve, prorogue, scatter, separate

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1. convene

   Synonyms:
   assemble, collect, gather, meet, congregate, call together, summon, muster, levy, convoke

   Antonyms:
   disperse, dismiss, disband

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1. conveneverb

   meet formally

   "The council convened last week"

   Synonyms:
   convoke

2. convoke, conveneverb

   call together

   "The students were convened in the auditorium"

   Synonyms:
   convoke

Matched Categories

1. • Meet
   • Summon

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1. conveneverb

   Synonyms:
   meet, assemble, muster, congregate, come together, hold a session

2. conveneverb

   Synonyms:
   convoke, summon, assemble, collect, muster, bring together, gather together

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1. conveneverb

   Synonyms:
   assemble, convoke, congregate

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1. List of paraphrases for "convene":

   convening, summon, organize, hold, convoke, convened, organise, call, holding, held, organizing, meet, reconvene, arrange

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How to use convene in a sentence?

1. Benjamin Cardin:

   President Trump helped convene a meeting in Saudi Arabia to stop the financing of terrorism. Well, what Palestinian Authority is doing is financing terrorism. Palestinian Authority must end and the United States must use every opportunity to bring Palestinian Authority to end.

2. White House Spokesman Josh Earnest:

   I would not envision a long extension of funding at current levels, but rather enough time for Congress to finally convene the talks, reach an agreement and implement it.

3. Jens Stoltenberg:

   If I started to go into all the elements of why we haven't been able to convene a meeting, then I think I would only make it even more difficult to convene one.

4. Jens Stoltenberg:

   We are waiting for the answer to our proposal to convene a meeting addressing a wide range of important issues for European security.

5. State John Kerry:

   I won't announce a date, but we all agreed that immediately after completion of the first round of the Syria discussions, the International Syria Support Group will convene, and that will be very shortly, because we want to keep the process moving.