convene

verb

/kənˈviːn/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they convene	/kənˈviːn/ /kənˈviːn/
he / she / it convenes	/kənˈviːnz/ /kənˈviːnz/
past simple convened	/kənˈviːnd/ /kənˈviːnd/
past participle convened	/kənˈviːnd/ /kənˈviːnd/
-ing form convening	/kənˈviːnɪŋ/ /kənˈviːnɪŋ/

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[transitive] convene something to arrange for people to come together for a formal meeting召集，召開（正式會議）
- to convene a meeting召開會議
- A Board of Inquiry was convened immediately after the accident.事故後立即成立了調查委員會。
- They decided to convene an extraordinary general meeting.他們決定召開一次特别大會。
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[intransitive] to come together for a formal meeting（爲正式會議而）聚集，集合
- The committee will convene at 11.30 next Thursday.委員會將在下星期四上午 11:30 開會。
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin convenire ‘assemble, agree, fit’, from con- ‘together’ + venire ‘come’.

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