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CONVOKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does convoke mean? 

CONVOKE (verb)
  The verb CONVOKE has 1 sense:

1. call togetherplay

  Familiarity information: CONVOKE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONVOKE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they convoke  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it convokes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: convoked  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: convoked  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: convoking  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Call together

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

convene; convoke

Context example:

The students were convened in the auditorium

Hypernyms (to "convoke" is one way to...):

summon (ask to come)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

convocation (the act of convoking)

convocation (a group gathered in response to a summons)


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