Vocabulary
Convened
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
To come together in a body
Urdu meaning
منعقد، اجلاس کے لئے بلانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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In fact, the NSC did not meet in 2024-25 before it convened when Iran was attacked in June 2025.It seems that the trend is to use ad hoc platforms instead of established institutions.
Dawn Editorials —
Crises and institutions
— 2026-04-02
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The MQM leadership protested at the resolution during its passage, and convened especially to declare it an `attack on the federation`.
Dawn Editorials —
Tug of war
— 2026-02-24
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THE inaugural meeting of Donald Trump`s controversial Board of Peace convened last week amid much fanfare and boastful declarations by the US president.
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Smoke and mirrors
— 2026-02-23
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Pakistan has long suffered from a pattern in which plans are drafted, alerts are issued, meetings are convened and yet the same communities drown each year because enforcement collapses at the provincial and district levels.
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Harsher monsoon
— 2025-11-24
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Much of what is now known as the Global South, including the Indian subcontinent, was still colonised by European powers when the General Assembly was first convened.
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UN: struggling at 80
— 2025-09-24
Synonyms
assemble, organize, cluster, collect, gather, meet
Antonyms
disband, break up, disperse,
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