MEANING
To assemble again after a meeting or proceeding has paused.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- reconvene a panel
- reconvene after recess
On the page
The panel reconvened once the new documents arrived.
Word forms
- Base
- reconvene
- Past tense
- reconvened
- Past participle
- reconvened
- Present participle
- reconvening
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- reconvene
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reconvening
- Present perfect
- have/has reconvened
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reconvening
- Past
- reconvened
- Past continuous
- was/were reconvening
- Past perfect
- had reconvened
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reconvening
- Future
- will reconvene
- Future continuous
- will be reconvening
- Future perfect
- will have reconvened
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reconvening
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: reconvene; reconvenes; reconvened; reconvened; reconvening Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, qualification. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reconvenes.
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