CONVENES Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

convenes

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present tense third-person singular of convene

as in summons

to bring together in assembly by or as if by command convened the members of the council for an emergency session

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as in gathers

to come together into one body or place the conventioneers convened in the auditorium to hear the guest speaker

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Recent Examples of convenes The California Pregnancy-Associated Review Committee, which convenes experts under the leadership of the state’s departments of Public Health and Health Care Services to look into the causes of pregnancy- and birth-related deaths, finished reviewing 2023 maternal deaths last year. —

Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2026 The red-carpet welcome continued on Thursday morning with a ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People, a sprawling state building west of Tiananmen Square where China's rubber-stamp legislature convenes once a year. —

Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2026 Andreessen Horowitz, Cultural Leadership Fund convenes the channels — music, film, tools, audience, policy — that are co-authoring what comes next. —

Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 14 May 2026 The conference includes 191 treaty parties and convenes every five years to review implementation of the pact aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons. —

Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026 Election law experts contend that the scenario of Republicans successfully overturning election results is unlikely, with legal remedies available to prevent stalling and ensure certification of results by January 3 when the new Congress convenes. —

Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026 The measure now goes to the state Senate, which convenes Tuesday. —

Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 The group normally convenes a federal advisory committee of leading curators, museum directors and other experts to vet applications and recommend the artist and its commissioner, which is typically a major museum or other arts nonprofit that organizes the show and fundraises the exorbitant costs. —

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026 The report comes just before the North Carolina General Assembly convenes for a short legislative session. —

N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026

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Chief to its success is a powerhouse performance by Yana Radeva, who summons the spirit of Gena Rowlands in Gloria as a woman determined not to be defined by men.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 May 2026
Favreau’s work is clearly indebted to that lineage, and Grogu’s solo jaunt actually summons a bit of whimsy that was otherwise missing.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026