CONVENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does convene mean? 

• CONVENE (verb)
  The verb CONVENE has 2 senses:

1. meet formally

2. call together

  Familiarity information: CONVENE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONVENE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they convene    ... he / she / it convenes   
Past simple: convened   
Past participle: convened   
-ing form: convening   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Meet formally

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The council convened last week

Hypernyms (to "convene" is one way to...):

assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "convene"):

reconvene (meet again)

sit (be in session)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

The crowds convene in the streets

Derivation:

convening; convention (the act of convening)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Call together

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

convene; convoke

Context example:

The students were convened in the auditorium

Hypernyms (to "convene" is one way to...):

summon (ask to come)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

convener (the member of a group whose duty it is to convene meetings)

convening; convention (the act of convening)

 Context examples 

If at the convened IRB meeting the study is approved subject to modifications, the date of IRB approval is the date when the requested changes are verified.

(Institutional Review Board Approval Date, NCI Thesaurus)

Guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, professional societies, governing boards, or by convening expert panels.

(Guideline, NCI Thesaurus)

It convenes a large network of dedicated advocates to give insight and feedback from the consumer's perspective to developing programs.

(Consumer Advocates in Research and Related Activities, NCI Thesaurus)

INFOODS was established in 1984 on the basis of the recommendations of an international group convened under the auspices of the United Nations University (UNU).

(International Network of Food Data Systems, NCI Thesaurus)

Thus, then, friend Mac in his report: The much-discussed meeting of the Zoological Institute, convened to hear the report of the Committee of Investigation sent out last year to South America to test the assertions made by Professor Challenger as to the continued existence of prehistoric life upon that Continent, was held last night in the greater Queen's Hall, and it is safe to say that it is likely to be a red letter date in the history of Science, for the proceedings were of so remarkable and sensational a character that no one present is ever likely to forget them.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Director's Consumer Liaison Group (DCLG) is a group of fifteen members of the cancer advocacy community who were convened to help NCI increase the representation of the cancer advocacy community on NCI advisory committees, and increase their involvement in program and policy development.

(NCI Director's Consumer Liaison Group, NCI Thesaurus)

If the study receives full unconditional approval at a convened meeting, the date of IRB approval is the date of this convened meeting.

(Institutional Review Board Approval Date, NCI Thesaurus)