Venue vs Convene - What's the difference?
venue | convene |
A place, especially the one where a given event is to happen.
(legal) A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid.
* The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made. --.
(obsolete) A bout; a hit; a turn. See venew.
(sports) Sport venue: a stadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=November 10
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, title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report
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To come together; to meet; to unite.
* Isaac Newton
To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
* Sir R. Baker
* Thomson
To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
To summon judicially to meet or appear.
As a noun venue
is a place, especially the one where a given event is to happen.As a verb convene is
to come together; to meet; to unite.venue
English
(wikipedia venue)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.}}
Usage notes
In certain cases, the court has power to change the venue, which is to direct the trial to be had in a different county from that where the venue is laid.Synonyms
See come, and confer venew, veney.Hyponyms
* stadium * arenaconvene
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Verb
(conven)- In short-sighted men the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom.
- The Parliament of Scotland now convened .
- Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene .