English-Thai Dictionary

convene

VI ชุมนุมกัน  รวมตัวกัน  meet assemble chum-num-kan

 

convene

VT ถูก เรียก ให้ มา ชุมนุมกัน  convoke tuk-riak-hai-ma-chum-num-kan

 

convene

VT เรียกตัว (ศาล  riak-tua

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONVENE

v.i.[L., to come. ] 1. To come together; to meet; to unite; as things.
The rays of light converge and convene in the eyes.
2. To come together; to meet in the same place; to assemble; as persons. Parliament will convene in November. The two houses of the legislature convened at twelve o'clock. The citizens convened in the state house.

 

CONVENE

v.t. 1. To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke. The President has power to convene the Congress, on special occasions.
2. To summon judicially to meet or appear.
By the papal canon law, clerks can be convened only before ecclesiastical judge.

 

CONVENED

pp. Assembled; convoked.

 

CONVENER

n.One who convenes or meets with others; one who calls together.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONVENE

Con *vene ", v. i. [imp. & p.p. Convened; p.pr. & vb. n. Convenong.]Etym: [L. convenire; con- + venire to come: cf. F. convenir to agree, to be fitting, OF. also, to assemble. See Come, and cf. Covenant. ]

 

1. To come together; to meet; to unite. [R.] In shortsighted men. .. the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom. Sir I. Newton.

 

2. To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble. Locke. The Parliament of Scotland now convened. Sir R. Baker. Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene. Thomson.

 

Syn. -- To meet; to assemble; to congregate; to collect; to unite.

 

CONVENE

CONVENE Con *vene ", v. t.

 

1. To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke. And now the almighty father of the gods Convenes a council in the blest abodes. Pope.

 

2. To summon judicially to meet or appear. By the papal canon law, clerks... can not be convened before any but an ecclesiastical judge. Ayliffe.

 

CONVENER

CONVENER Con *ven "er, n.

 

1. One who convenes or meets with others. [Obs. ]

 

2. One who calls an assembly together or convenes a meeting; hence, the chairman of a committee or other organized body. [Scot. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

convene

con vene |kənˈvēn kənˈvin | ▶verb come or bring together for a meeting or activity; assemble: [ with obj. ] : he convened a group of well-known scientists and philosophers | he had convened a secret meeting of military personnel | [ no obj. ] : the committee had convened for its final plenary session. DERIVATIVES con ven er noun, con ve nor |-ˈvēnər |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin convenire ‘assemble, agree, fit, ’ from con- ‘together ’ + venire ‘come. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

convene

convene |kənˈviːn | ▶verb come or bring together for a meeting or activity; assemble: [ with obj. ] : he had convened a secret meeting of military personnel | [ no obj. ] : the committee had convened for its final plenary session. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin convenire ‘assemble, agree, fit ’, from con- ‘together ’ + venire ‘come ’.

 

convener

convener |kənˈviːnə |(also convenor ) ▶noun a person whose job it is to call people together for meetings of a committee. • Brit. a senior trade union official at a workplace. • the chairman and civic head of some regional Scottish councils.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

convene

convene verb 1 he convened a secret meeting: summon, call, call together, order; formal convoke. 2 the committee convened for its final session: assemble, gather, meet, come together, congregate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

convene

convene verb 1 he had convened a secret meeting of military personnel: summon, call, call together, order; hold; formal convoke. 2 the committee convened for its final session: assemble, gather, meet, get together, come together, congregate, collect, muster; rare foregather. ANTONYMS disperse.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

convene

con vene /kənvíːn /〖con (一緒に )vene (来る )〗動詞 ～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; -vening ｟かたく ｠他動詞 〈人が 〉〈会議 人など 〉を召集する, 〈議会 〉を開催する ▸ The U.S. convened a meeting between representatives of North and South Korea .アメリカは北朝鮮と韓国の代表者による会議を開催した ▸ The manager of the baseball team convened the coaches .その球団の監督はコーチたちを召集した 自動詞 〈人が 〉 (会議などのために )集まる ; 〈会議などが 〉開かれる ▸ The eight major industrial powers convened in Okinawa in 2000 .主要8先進工業国が2000年 (のサミットのため )に沖縄に集まった .

 

convener

con ven er con ve nor /kənvíːnə r /名詞 C 1 (会合 委員会などの )召集者, 主催者 .2 ｟英 ｠労働組合の幹部 [委員長 ].