verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
convene a conference formal (= arrange one )
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a national conference on school violence convened by the U. S. Department of Education
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
conference
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It requested the Secretary-General to convene a UN-sponsored international conference on this issue.
meeting
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If he decides to call a meeting , then the proofs of debt must be sent with the notice convening the meeting.
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He often acts as secretary of the local authority responsible for convening all the meetings of the local authority and its committees.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A board was convened to judge the design competition.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His plan to convene a summer political convention drawing together individuals and groups who organized the Million Man March.
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If the Bundestag is unable to convene , legislative power goes to a joint committee of the Bundestag and Bundesrat.
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It was announced on Oct. 25 that the National Assembly would convene on Nov. 4.
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There were only a few dozen synagogues and fewer rabbis, yet the synod took two decades to convene .
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When the Democrats convene in Chicago later this month, they will try to equal or surpass the Republican hyperbole.
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With no parliament, the board can not convene .