Meaning & use
reconvene
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Meanings
verbintransitiveformal
To come together again as a group after a break, especially for an official meeting or session.
Grammar: No object: the court will reconvene on Monday.
Patterns
- reconvene at a time
- reconvene after something
The committee will reconvene after lunch.
Parliament reconvenes in January.
The jury reconvened the next morning to continue its discussion.
verbtransitiveformal
To call a group together again for a meeting.
Grammar: Takes an object: the chairman reconvened the panel.
Patterns
- reconvene a group
- reconvene something
The chairman reconvened the panel to review the new evidence.
The president reconvened his advisers late that night.
Organizers reconvened the working group in the spring.
Word forms
| third person singular | reconvenes |
|---|---|
| past tense | reconvened |
| past participle | reconvened |
| -ing form | reconvening |
Common combinations
- reconvene after a recess
- The senators will reconvene after a short recess.
- reconvene next week
- The board agreed to reconvene next week.
- reconvene the committee
- She asked the chair to reconvene the committee.
- reconvene at noon
- Delegates will reconvene at noon.
- reconvene to discuss
- The staff reconvened to discuss the results.
Synonyms and how they differ
- reassemble
- Reassemble is more general and can describe people or parts of an object, while reconvene is limited to meetings.
- resume
- Resume means to start again and can refer to any activity, whereas reconvene focuses on people gathering again.
- regroup
- Regroup suggests getting organized again after a setback, while reconvene simply means meeting again.
Opposites
Word family
- convene verb
- to come together or call people together for a meeting
- convention noun
- a large formal gathering of members of a group
- convener noun
- a person who calls or organizes a meeting
Commonly confused: reconvene or reconvince?
reconvene vs reconvince
Reconvince means to persuade someone a second time, while reconvene means to meet again.
Practice
After the lunch break, the judges will ____ to hear the final argument.
Choose one answer.
Reconvene means to meet again after a pause. Adjourn means to end a session for now, which is the opposite action.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “reconvene”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.