Antonyms for convene
kənˈvincon·vene

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1. conveneverb

   Synonyms:
   summon, congregate, convoke, collect, meet, assemble, unite

2. conveneverb

   : To come together; to meet; to unite.

   Synonyms:
   summon, congregate, unite, collect, assemble, convoke, meet

3. conveneverb

   : To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.

   Synonyms:
   summon, congregate, assemble, convoke, collect, unite, meet

4. conveneverb

   : To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.

   Synonyms:
   convoke, unite, summon, collect, meet, assemble, congregate

5. conveneverb

   : To summon judicially to meet or appear.

   Synonyms:
   unite, summon, convoke, congregate, meet, assemble, collect

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1. convene

   A convention is called by some officer or officers, as by its president, its executive committee, or some eminent leaders; the delegates are assembled or convened in a certain place, at a certain hour. Convoke implies an organized body and a superior authority; assemble and convene express more independent action; Parliament is convoked; Congress assembles. Troops are mustered; witnesses and jurymen are summoned.

   Antonyms:
   adjourn, break up, disband, discharge, dismiss, disperse, dissolve, prorogue, scatter, separate

   Synonyms:
   assemble, call, call together, collect, convoke, gather, muster, summon

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1. convene

   Antonyms:
   disperse, dismiss, disband

   Synonyms:
   assemble, collect, gather, meet, congregate, call together, summon, muster, levy, convoke

Matched Categories

1. • Meet
   • Summon

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1. conveneverb

   meet formally

   "The council convened last week"

   Synonyms:
   convoke

2. convoke, conveneverb

   call together

   "The students were convened in the auditorium"

   Synonyms:
   convoke

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1. conveneverb

   Synonyms:
   assemble, convoke, congregate

How to use convene in a sentence?

1. Benjamin Cardin:

   It’s an incitement to violence, president Trump helped convene a meeting in Saudi Arabia to stop the financing of terrorism. Well, what Palestinian Authority is doing is financing terrorism. Palestinian Authority must end and the United States must use every opportunity to bring Palestinian Authority to end.

2. William Barr:

   Robert Mueller did not indicate that Robert Mueller purpose was to leave the decision to Congress One, i hope that was not Robert Mueller view, since we don't convene grand juries and conduct criminal investigations for that purpose.

3. Jens Stoltenberg:

   We are waiting for the answer to our proposal to convene a meeting addressing a wide range of important issues for European security.

4. White House:

   I would not envision a long extension of funding at current levels, but rather enough time for Congress to finally convene the talks, reach an agreement and implement it, thereby avoiding a government shutdown but also insuring that our national security and economic priorities are properly funded.

5. Marco Rubio:

   Only America can convene Sunni forces from what I believe needs to be a combined Sunni force of Egyptians, Saudis, Jordanians, Sunnis in Iraq, Sunnis in Syria to confront a radical Sunni movement and defeat them militarily. They will need our help in convening it, but it doesn't involve a full-scale U.S. invasion of Iraq.

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