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convene

verb
🔊/kənˈviːn/
🔊/kənˈviːn/
 (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they convene
🔊/kənˈviːn/
🔊/kənˈviːn/
he / she / it convenes
🔊/kənˈviːnz/
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past simple convened
🔊/kənˈviːnd/
🔊/kənˈviːnd/
past participle convened
🔊/kənˈviːnd/
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-ing form convening
🔊/kənˈviːnɪŋ/
🔊/kənˈviːnɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] convene something to arrange for people to come together for a formal meeting召集，召开（正式会议）
    • to convene a meeting召开会议
    • A Board of Inquiry was convened immediately after the accident.事故后立即成立了调查委员会。🔊🔊
    • They decided to convene an extraordinary general meeting.他们决定召开一次特别股东大会。
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  2. [intransitive] to come together for a formal meeting（为正式会议而）聚集，集合
    • The committee will convene at 11.30 next Thursday.委员会将在下星期四上午 11:30 开会。🔊🔊
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    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin convenire ‘assemble, agree, fit’, from con- ‘together’ + venire ‘come’.
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