Meanings
verbreconvene (third-person singular simple present reconvenes, present participle reconvening, simple past and past participle reconvened)
present singular third person reconvenes · participle present reconvening · participle past reconvened · past reconvened
- transitiveTo resume something that has been convened and then paused.
dividing into a finite number of parts and then reconvening them,
2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 252b - intransitiveTo come together again.
We will reconvene after lunch to discuss the outstanding points on the agenda.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishconvene
- Englishreconvene
Translations
Dutch herenen, herenigen
- herenento resume something that has been convened and then paused
- herenigento resume something that has been convened and then paused
- hergaderento come together again
Hungarian újra összeül/ülésezik
- újra összeül/ülésezikto come together again
Italian riconvenire
- riconvenireto resume something that has been convened and then paused
Norwegian tre sammen igjen
- tre sammen igjento come together again
Portuguese reunir
- reunirto resume something that has been convened and then paused
Cite this entry
APA
reconvene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconvene
MLA
“reconvene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconvene. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reconvene,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconvene.
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