come to order
Start the meeting
Come to order is a formal call for a meeting or assembly to begin, or for attendees to settle down and pay attention.
A presiding officer gavels the room: The meeting will now come to order.
The phrase signals transition from informal gathering to official proceedings.
- conveneFormally gather together
- gavelSmall ceremonial hammer
- callContact by phone
- focusConcentrated attention point
- sessionScheduled time for activity
opening remarks · quorum · assembly · motion · organize · hush · agenda · bell · silence · open · meeting · chairperson · settle · parliamentary procedure · house rules · decorum · commence · signal
come to orderadjourn
Temporarily halt proceedings
adjournment · recess · dissolve · break up · suspend
come to orderbreak down
Fail mechanically or emotionally
go off the rails · run amok · disintegrate · erupt · fall apart
come, comes, came, coming, comer, comers, order, orders, ordered