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noun

Definition of conveningnext
as in convocation

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convening

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verb

present participle of convene
1
as in summoning
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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2
as in meeting
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 convening
Verb
Adkins continued convening her own camps until 1933 and later offered them from 1939 to 1949. — arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025 Washington — The Senate is convening as the 119th Congress gets underway on Friday, as a dozen new senators join the ranks of the Capitol's upper chamber. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convening
  1. convocation
  2. summoning
  3. summons
  4. gathering
  5. converging
  6. muster
  7. assembling
Noun
  • UofA's 2025 Adalberto and Ana Guerrero Student Center graduation celebration was called a convocation on the university's website as recently as Feb. 21, per the Wayback Machine web archive.
    — Jessica Boehm, Axios, 6 Mar. 2025
  • In 2016, he was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the 7th convocation from United Russia, Putin's ruling party, representing the Republic of Dagestan.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of convocation
Verb
  • In the latest version of the Files by Google app, summoning Gemini while looking at a PDF gives you the option to ask about the file, writes Android Police.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 21 Dec. 2024
  • By the 1980s, when more modern methods of summoning help had supplanted its usefulness, the tower remained as a beacon for bored teenagers.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of summoning
Noun
  • She was given two pink-colored summonses by the New York Police Department — one for obstructing pedestrian traffic and the other for failure to disperse — before being released.
    — Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Most of those offenders, 671, were issued summonses but another 313 were arrested, including 180 who had outstanding warrants, police said.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of summons
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  • Now that Easter is approaching and the family will be gathering together, the woman is concerned about once again putting her elder daughter in an uncomfortable position of being excluded.
    — Erin Clack, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Others see mass transferring as a boon to the information-gathering business.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Definition of gathering
Verb
  • In short, these converging trends point toward a future where connectivity is not just pervasive but also secure, efficient and environmentally conscious.
    — Max Silber, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Their collision at the Austrian GP, an inevitable result of their converging performance, was disappointing.
    — Luke Smith, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of converging
Noun
  • Hull pointed out that the makeup of the court had changed and argued that a law could now pass muster with the justices.
    — Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, 8 Apr. 2025
  • And, depending on the moment, Canal musters up the occasional show of bravery.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of muster
Verb
  • In fact, pretty much everything, from stocking up on cute baby clothes to assembling nursery furniture, feels both ways at the same time.
    — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Leaders are recognizing this opportunity, and assembling relocation programs that make the moves a little easier, and integrate new residents into the community.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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