convene

Meaning

1. To come together; to meet; to unite.
2. To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
3. To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
4. To summon judicially to meet or appear.
5. To make a convention; to declare a rule by convention.

Synonyms

assemble

gather

convoke

summon

meet

call together

congregate

take along

collect

muster

bring

put together

take someone somewhere

round up

take

call

construct

draft

draught

embody

establish

fetch

foregather

forgather

garner

get

get over

get together

group

heap

hold a meeting

invite

join

lead

lower

mass

pick up

pile

pile up

raise

reconcile

recuperate

regroup

run a business

sit

🪑

speak

🗣️

stack

take away

turn out

call to come

gather together

pull round

recover from

accumulate

bring from

amass

arrange

bring together

build

bunch up

caucus

cluster

cohere

combine

come round

come to

compile

compose

connect

constitute

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈviːn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French convenir, from Latin convenio, convenire (“come together”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti, from the root *gʷem-.