convened
Gathered for meeting
Convened is the past tense of convene, meaning to come together or bring together for a meeting or assembly.
A committee convenes when its members gather; a chairperson convenes the committee by calling it to order: The board convened at noon, She convened an emergency session.
The word suggests formal or official gatherings rather than casual ones.
Contacted by phone
- assembledBrought together as group
- gatheredBrought into one place
- musteredGathered or summoned
- ralliedRecovered or assembled
congregated · beckoned · invited · notified · mobilized · corralled · marshaled · collected
National legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
symposium · council · assembly · forum · caucus · committee · panel · tribunal
Formal discussion list
- minutesSixty-second intervals
- chairpersonOne who leads meetings
- gavelSmall ceremonial hammer
- proceedingsSequence of formal events
adjourned · reconvened · attendance · motion · deliberation · debriefing · discussion · dialogue
called
Contacted by phone
rallied · congregated · beckoned · invited · notified · mobilized · corralled · marshaled · collected
parliament
National legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
conference · symposium · council · assembly · forum · caucus · committee · panel · tribunal · tribunal
agenda
Formal discussion list
- minutesSixty-second intervals
- chairpersonOne who leads meetings
- gavelSmall ceremonial hammer
proceedings · adjourned · reconvened · attendance · motion · deliberation · debriefing · discussion · dialogue · teleconference
- togethernesstogether, united, unity, togetherness, bonding
- called insummoned, phoned, dialed, contacted, called in sick
convenedadjourned
Suspended proceedings temporarily
dissolved · dismissed · concluded · ended · terminated
- convenience storeSmall quick-access retail shop
- convention centreFacility hosting large gatherings
- convention centerFacility for large gatherings
- convenience foodsPrepackaged ready-to-eat products
- convention floor
- marriage of convenienceUnion for practical gain
convention, convenient, convenience, inconvenience, inconvenient, convene, convent, unconventional, reconvene