招集
解説 Definition
convening は、会議や委員会などを正式に招集する行為や過程を表します。ここでは convene の -ing 形を名詞として使っています。
The formal act or process of calling a meeting, committee, assembly, or similar body together. It often appears in the pattern “the convening of” followed by the group or session being assembled.
使い方 Usage
使い分け Common distinctions
- meeting は会合そのものを指し、convening はその会合を成立させる正式な招集行為に焦点を置きます。 Meeting names the event itself, while convening focuses on the formal act or process that brings the event into being.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
convene の語末の e を落として -ing を付けると convening。con-「共に」＋vene「来る」を、通知を受けた委員たちが一か所へ集まる場面と結び付けましょう。
Drop the final e of convene and add -ing: convening. Connect con-, “together,” and vene, “come,” with the image of committee members receiving notices and coming together in one place.
例文
The convening of the committee took place on Monday.
委員会の招集は月曜日に行われました。
She handled the convening of the annual board meeting.
彼女は年次取締役会の招集を担当しました。
The rules require written notice before the convening of an emergency session.
規則では、緊急会議の招集前に書面で通知することが求められています。
convening の類義語・関連語
類義語
convening の語源・成り立ち Etymology
convening は convene に名詞化の -ing が付いた語で、語源はラテン語 convenire です。con-「共に」+ venire「来る」なので本来は「人が一か所に集まる」で、そこから「招集・会合」の意味になりました。関連語は convention, convenient で、集まる・合うという核が共通です。
Convening is formed from convene by dropping the final e and adding -ing. Convene comes through French from Latin convenire, built from con-, “together,” and venire, “to come.” Its literal basis is therefore “to come together.” English developed both the intransitive sense of assembling and the transitive sense of calling a group into session. Used as a gerund or verbal noun, convening names that act or process. Convention and convenient ultimately share the Latin verb venire and the idea of coming together or fitting.
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