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# convene

«convene» in Mova's school dictionary: **To come together for a meeting** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (convene, convenes, convened, convening)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To come together for a meeting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convene/#m1)

2) (formal) To call people together for a meeting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convene/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Formal and exam language: «The council convened to discuss the plan». In school: a teacher convenes a meeting. Related: convention, convenor (a person who calls meetings).

### examples

- The class council convened after lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convene/#x1)
- The judges convened to choose the winner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convene/#x2)
- The head teacher convened a meeting of parents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convene/#x3)
- World leaders convened to discuss the climate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convene/#x4)
- The committee will convene again next week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convene/#x5)
- The team convened in the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convene/#x6)
- An assembly was therefore convened at Mecone in order to settle these points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convene/#x7)

### note

Formal: everyday words are meet, gather, call a meeting. Regular verb: convened.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «convene» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convene/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.