Definition of CONVENE

convene

Meanings

Verb

  • meet formally
    • "The council convened last week"
  • call together
    • "The students were convened in the auditorium"
  • 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.

Origin / 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-.

Synonyms

convoke

Scrabble Score: 12

convene is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
convene is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
convene is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

convene is a valid Words With Friends word