Antonyms 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.

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

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

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1. convene

   Antonyms:
   disperse, dismiss, disband

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

Matched Categories

1. • Meet
   • Summon

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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

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1. conveneverb

   Synonyms:
   assemble, convoke, congregate

How to use convene in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Pima County Attorney Laura Conover:

   Our criminal prosecutors conducted a preliminary review to determine what additional aspects of the incident required further investigation to do this case justice, by early summer, it became clear we would begin the work to convene a grand jury to seek criminal charges.

3. 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.

4. Lenny Curry:

   If our history prevents us from reaching the full potential of our future, then we need to take action, my staff will work with the Jacksonville Cultural Council to convene experts in history and art to ensure we acknowledge our past in a full and complete way ; a way forward that leaves no person's heritage or experience behind.

5. Jessica Levinson:

   Trump thinks ‘our country is going to hell.’ Well, there is likely little more than a chance in hell that we are going to amend the Constitution, amending the Constitution is one of the most serious things that lawmakers can do. Therefore the path to doing it is rightfully arduous. I would put the chances … as beyond a longshot. To be sure, changing the Constitution, the supreme law of the land, would require a two-thirds vote in Congress, then ratification from three-fourths of state legislatures. It could also be changed through a constitutional convention in which at least 34 states convene to vote on an amendment, which would then need ratification from a minimum 38 states. Trump since announcing his candidacy in mid-June has made illegal immigrants from Mexico a top concern and has suggested several solutions -- including a wall along the southern border and the change to birthright citizenship.

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