reconvene

verb

re·​con·​vene ˌrē-kən-ˈvēn How to pronounce reconvene (audio)
reconvened; reconvening
Synonyms of reconvenenext

transitive + intransitive

: to convene again
reconvene a meeting
A federal jury reconvened today for a second day of deliberations …—Edward B. Havens
… the negotiators would come back in late August or early September, before Congress reconvenes …—Elizabeth Drew

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Court briefly reconvened for Sullivan to officially dismiss everyone for the day. — Sumiko Corley, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026 Instead of gathering a group to generate ideas aloud, where the first strong opinion tends to anchor everyone else's thinking, brainwriting has each person privately jot down ideas before the group reconvenes to build on them. — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 After the game, the family reconvened on the field for pictures, laughing over the strange coincidence, or not, of it all. — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 In his video released earlier this month, Guest revealed that Wonder Man’s season 2 contracts had already been signed, schedules had been cleared, and the writers’ room was set to reconvene this month before the series was canceled. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reconvene

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1650, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of reconvene was circa 1650

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