convene
/kənˈvin/ verb C1- To come together; to meet; to unite.
- To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
- To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke; to summon.
- To summon judicially to meet or appear.
- To make a convention; to declare a rule by convention. · To forestall any problems, we convened on the rule that all the database records would avoid containing certain literal strings.
He/she/it convenes · Past convened · Past participle convened · -ing form convening
Verb forms
- Base form
- convene
- He/she/it
- convenes
- Past
- convened
- Past participle
- convened
- -ing form
- convening
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