Convene
verb
To bring together a group of people for a meeting, or to meet for a meeting.
The committee will convene in the auditorium at 2pm.
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- convene a meeting
- convene a panel
verb
To formally begin a meeting or gathering.
The chairperson convened the meeting precisely at 10am.
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- convene a summit
- convene a congress
verb
To cause or order to assemble or come together.
The judge will convene court at 9am tomorrow.
Often appears as...
- convene a court
- convene a jury
verb
To cause to gather for a public event.
The network convened a press conference to announce the new show.
Often appears as...
- convene a press conference
- convene a media briefing
verb
To bring together a group of people for a meeting, or to meet for a meeting.
The committee will convene in the auditorium at 2pm.
Often appears as...
- convene a meeting
- convene a panel
verb
To formally begin a meeting or gathering.
The chairperson convened the meeting precisely at 10am.
Often appears as...
- convene a summit
- convene a congress
verb
To cause or order to assemble or come together.
The judge will convene court at 9am tomorrow.
Often appears as...
- convene a court
- convene a jury
verb
To cause to gather for a public event.
The network convened a press conference to announce the new show.
Often appears as...
- convene a press conference
- convene a media briefing
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Meeting Context
Used when referring to the action of gathering people for formal discussions or decisions.
The organization will convene its board to discuss the merger.
Pro Tip 2/2Initiating a Meeting
Implies the act of starting or beginning a meeting, not just the meeting itself.
Let's convene at 3pm to finalize the plans.
Pro Tip 1/2Meeting Context
Used when referring to the action of gathering people for formal discussions or decisions.
The organization will convene its board to discuss the merger.
Pro Tip 2/2Initiating a Meeting
Implies the act of starting or beginning a meeting, not just the meeting itself.
Let's convene at 3pm to finalize the plans.
Pro Tip 1/2Meeting Context
Used when referring to the action of gathering people for formal discussions or decisions.
The organization will convene its board to discuss the merger.
Pro Tip 2/2Initiating a Meeting
Implies the act of starting or beginning a meeting, not just the meeting itself.
Let's convene at 3pm to finalize the plans.
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The surprising thing I...
What lies before us is to expand them and scale them up. So how would you shift from linear to circular? Well, the team and I at the foundation thought you might want to work with the top universities in the world, with leading businesses within the world, with the biggest convening platforms in the world,
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The many meanings of...
Furthermore, the statue was so detailed and lifelike, down to the bulging veins in David's arm and the determination on his face, that it seemed a shame to hide it so far from the viewer. A council of politicians and artists convened to decide on a new location for the statue.
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Kayvon Tehranian: How...
This is what it looks like. For the first time in human history, we share a global commons, where, irrespective of where we are in the physical world, we can convene and share information freely. Most people at that time couldn't see what it meant
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Clay Shirky: How...
to deny its existence, to delete it, to take to off the site. They had understood that their role with myBO.com was to convene their supporters but not to control their supporters. And that is the kind of discipline
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
You know, from the hindsight of history, what's always most inexplicable and inexcusable are the simple failures of compassion. Because I think history convenes a tribunal of our grandchildren
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How social media can...
that world media is less and less often about crafting a single message to be consumed by individuals it's more and more often a way of creating an environment for convening and supporting
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Averting the climate...
There is a carbon calculator. Participant Productions convened -- with my active involvement -- the leading software writers in the world, on this arcane science of carbon calculation,
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The inside story of the...
the same governments convened in Copenhagen and failed miserably. Why did it fail miserably? For many different reasons, but primarily because of the deeply entrenched divide
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The Khan Academy PIPE...
are our goal and to get a sense of what this looks like I'll show you this next video quite a bit we put in use convene JC she's an shuhada I meant to jannat I'm not in
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Gyre: Creating Art From...
we were going to maybe the most beautiful place in the world and instead of being convened by the beauty or by
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The surprising thing I...
What lies before us is to expand them and scale them up. So how would you shift from linear to circular? Well, the team and I at the foundation thought you might want to work with the top universities in the world, with leading businesses within the world, with the biggest convening platforms in the world,
Video examples
The many meanings of...
Furthermore, the statue was so detailed and lifelike, down to the bulging veins in David's arm and the determination on his face, that it seemed a shame to hide it so far from the viewer. A council of politicians and artists convened to decide on a new location for the statue.
Video examples
Kayvon Tehranian: How...
This is what it looks like. For the first time in human history, we share a global commons, where, irrespective of where we are in the physical world, we can convene and share information freely. Most people at that time couldn't see what it meant
Video examples
Clay Shirky: How...
to deny its existence, to delete it, to take to off the site. They had understood that their role with myBO.com was to convene their supporters but not to control their supporters. And that is the kind of discipline
Video examples
Gary Haugen: The hidden...
You know, from the hindsight of history, what's always most inexplicable and inexcusable are the simple failures of compassion. Because I think history convenes a tribunal of our grandchildren
Video examples
How social media can...
that world media is less and less often about crafting a single message to be consumed by individuals it's more and more often a way of creating an environment for convening and supporting
Video examples
Averting the climate...
There is a carbon calculator. Participant Productions convened -- with my active involvement -- the leading software writers in the world, on this arcane science of carbon calculation,
Video examples
The inside story of the...
the same governments convened in Copenhagen and failed miserably. Why did it fail miserably? For many different reasons, but primarily because of the deeply entrenched divide
Video examples
The Khan Academy PIPE...
are our goal and to get a sense of what this looks like I'll show you this next video quite a bit we put in use convene JC she's an shuhada I meant to jannat I'm not in
Video examples
Gyre: Creating Art From...
we were going to maybe the most beautiful place in the world and instead of being convened by the beauty or by
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Ehud Barak
Israeli Statesman
In Israel, there is a peace camp that can convene 200,000 people in central square of this city, on very short notice, and there is a major movement among academics, politicians, thinkers, and public leaders for peace, even at a painful price. On the Palestinian side, you can find them individually here and there, but there is no public movement.
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Jules Verne
French Author
Now, when an American has an idea, he directly seeks a second American to share it. If there be three, they elect a president and two secretaries. Given four, they name a keeper of records, and the office is ready for work; five, they convene a general meeting, and the club is fully constituted.
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Joyce Banda
Politician
I am convening the African Leaders Forum on Disability in partnership with Special Olympics so that a marginalized population long unrecognized does not remain in the shadows. I consider this a critical, moral and practical challenge.
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Jeanne Marie Laskas
American Writer
In the summer of 2007, Roger Goodell, the new NFL commissioner, convened a meeting in Chicago for the first league-wide concussion summit. All thirty-two teams were ordered to send doctors and trainers to the meeting.
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Kamala Harris
American Vice President
I convened the first-ever national training conference for prosecutors on how to promote and deal with hate crime issues in terms of prosecutions and also protocol for defeating the gay panic defense.
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Lloyd Blankfein
American Businessman
We've had this program for a number of years now, called 10,000 Small Businesses, where Goldman Sachs has convened a group of partners to basically give business education to small business owners.
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John Conyers
American Politician
Once the violence has ceased, the US should immediately call on the World Bank and other international institutions to convene a donors conference to rebuild Lebanon's shattered infrastructure.
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Lidia Bastianich
American Chef
There's a great need to convene at the table with family and friends. People are feeling it and wanting it. For me to be a minor player in helping with that, it makes me so happy.
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Pete McCloskey
American Politician
The result was, when Congress convened in January 1971, everyone was now an environmentalist. They had seen a new force, college students, who favored the environment.
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Marcus Buckingham
British Author
Americans just love convening. They are a convention-happy country and they love to get together to talk.
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Ehud Barak
Israeli Statesman
In Israel, there is a peace camp that can convene 200,000 people in central square of this city, on very short notice, and there is a major movement among academics, politicians, thinkers, and public leaders for peace, even at a painful price. On the Palestinian side, you can find them individually here and there, but there is no public movement.
Quote examples
Jules Verne
French Author
Now, when an American has an idea, he directly seeks a second American to share it. If there be three, they elect a president and two secretaries. Given four, they name a keeper of records, and the office is ready for work; five, they convene a general meeting, and the club is fully constituted.
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Joyce Banda
Politician
I am convening the African Leaders Forum on Disability in partnership with Special Olympics so that a marginalized population long unrecognized does not remain in the shadows. I consider this a critical, moral and practical challenge.
Quote examples
Jeanne Marie Laskas
American Writer
In the summer of 2007, Roger Goodell, the new NFL commissioner, convened a meeting in Chicago for the first league-wide concussion summit. All thirty-two teams were ordered to send doctors and trainers to the meeting.
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Kamala Harris
American Vice President
I convened the first-ever national training conference for prosecutors on how to promote and deal with hate crime issues in terms of prosecutions and also protocol for defeating the gay panic defense.
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Lloyd Blankfein
American Businessman
We've had this program for a number of years now, called 10,000 Small Businesses, where Goldman Sachs has convened a group of partners to basically give business education to small business owners.
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John Conyers
American Politician
Once the violence has ceased, the US should immediately call on the World Bank and other international institutions to convene a donors conference to rebuild Lebanon's shattered infrastructure.
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Lidia Bastianich
American Chef
There's a great need to convene at the table with family and friends. People are feeling it and wanting it. For me to be a minor player in helping with that, it makes me so happy.
Quote examples
Pete McCloskey
American Politician
The result was, when Congress convened in January 1971, everyone was now an environmentalist. They had seen a new force, college students, who favored the environment.
Quote examples
Marcus Buckingham
British Author
Americans just love convening. They are a convention-happy country and they love to get together to talk.
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