Vocabulary
Convene
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
come or bring together for a meeting or activity; assemble.
Urdu meaning
منعقد، اجلاس کےلئے بلانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- During the 2010 floods, leaders did at least convene all-parties meetings and discussed creating an independent relief commission.
- Occasionally, the security forces convene jirgas with local tribes and mobilise lashkars against militants, as was recently seen in Bajaur, where security officials sought to gain the tribesmen`s confidence regarding their CT operations.
- The prime minister can convene a joint meeting of the six apex councils, along with the planning and other commissions, to craft a shared vision.
- But the Shehbaz Sharif government had ignored criticism of the canal, even refusing to convene the CCI, the highest constitutional forum to adjudicate interprovincial disputes, for a decision.
- It would be in the national interest, therefore, if the Council of Common Interests were to convene at the earliest and arbitrate the dispute fairly.
Synonyms
summon, call, call together, order
Curator example
“he had convened a secret meeting of military personnel”
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