convene[verb]Synonyms: gather, assemble, bring together, call, come together, congregate, convoke, meet, summon
Related Idioms: hold a meeting (
or session)
Related Words: convoke,
muster [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
con‧vene AC /kənˈviːn/
verb [intransitive and transitive] [
Word Family: verb:
convene;
noun:
convener]
[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: French;
Origin: convenir 'to come together', from Latin convenire; ⇒ convenient]
if a group of people convene, or someone convenes them, they come together, especially for a formal meeting:
a report by experts convened by the National Institutes of Health [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲