单词	convene
释义	convenecon‧vene /kənˈviːn/ ●○○ AWL verb [intransitive, transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINconvene Origin: 1400-1500 French convenir ‘to come together’, from Latin convenire; ➔ CONVENIENT Verb Table VERB TABLE convene Simple Form Present I, you, we, they convene he, she, it convenes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they convened Present perfect I, you, we, they have convened he, she, it has convened Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had convened Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will convene Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have convened Continuous Form Present I am convening he, she, it is convening you, we, they are convening Past I, he, she, it was convening you, we, they were convening Present perfect I, you, we, they have been convening he, she, it has been convening Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been convening Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be convening Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been convening Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A board was convened to judge the design competition. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS His plan to convene a summer political convention drawing together individuals and groups who organized the Million Man March. If the Bundestag is unable to convene, legislative power goes to a joint committee of the Bundestag and Bundesrat. It was announced on Oct. 25 that the National Assembly would convene on Nov. 4. There were only a few dozen synagogues and fewer rabbis, yet the synod took two decades to convene. When the Democrats convene in Chicago later this month, they will try to equal or surpass the Republican hyperbole. With no parliament, the board can not convene. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► convene a conference formal (=arrange one)· a national conference on school violence convened by the U. S. Department of Education COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► conference · It requested the Secretary-General to convene a UN-sponsored international conference on this issue. ► meeting · If he decides to call a meeting, then the proofs of debt must be sent with the notice convening the meeting.· He often acts as secretary of the local authority responsible for convening all the meetings of the local authority and its committees. Word family WORD FAMILYnounconvenerverbconvene 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
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