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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Ohio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan:

   As one of his final acts as U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., Ronald Machen used his power as a political weapon to undermine the rule of law, machen was legally bound to convene a grand jury, but instead he ignored his obligation and unilaterally decided to ignore the will of the House. … This is wrong, and a great example of why so many Americans distrust their government.

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. Vice President-elect Mike Pence:

   The president-elect's made it very clear he wants the Congress when they convene in early January to take up the task of repealing and replacing ObamaCare first.

4. Latin America:

   Let's do an audit vote by vote, i'll join (the audit). If there's fraud, the next day we'll convene a second-round.

5. Janet Yellen:

   I plan to shortly convene the heads of the MDBs to articulate our expectations that the MDBs align their portfolios with the Paris Agreement and net-zero goals as urgently as possible, we also expect them to take steps to more effectively mobilize private capital so that developing countries can increasingly benefit from private sector pledges to support climate-aligned and sustainable investments.