calling together
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3.9
- noun
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convocatoria
- Late in his second term, George W. Bush called together a summit at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and laid out a framework for ongoing peace talks.
- calling together a meeting
- calling together the leaders
Examples
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Afterwards, the students were called together (i.e., predetermined randomly assigned groups) to discuss and observe fielding demonstrations performed by their peers.
Academic text (2001) -
One week before the celebration is to begin, the members of the Ngbogha-Ndem association are called together again.
Academic text (1998) -
The people of my village were called together, and I told them what I had been asked to do.
Academic text (1994) -
Would you meet with the group of scientists I'm calling together?
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Incoming Mayor Andrew Young called together religious and community groups for help providing shelter to prevent the recurrence of such a tragedy.
Academic text (2011) -
One of my icons, along with Henry's, an American lawyer, called together the World Summit on Children in 1990.
Academic text (1994) -
A Swedish authority told me that, back in the 1930s, the Wallenburg family called together the banks of Sweden and said there was far too much foreign ownership of Swedish industry.
Academic text (1993) -
As explained by T.I.C.E. founding committee member and treasurer, Larry Smulowitz, the organization called together tourism leaders from the public and private sectors around hosting "a dedicated event (with) a desire to help raise urgent relief funds to help the affected countries that relied heavily on tourists for their income."
Blog text (26) -
In 1986, MENC and the American Council for the Arts (ACA) called together thirty-one leaders of arts and arts education organizations at the Pew Memorial Trust in Philadelphia, where they produced the Philadelphia Resolution, articulating the value of arts education and the need to strengthen it in American schools.
Academic text (2000) -
The teacher is calling together all the students for an important meeting about the upcoming project.
Synonyms
203
1.0
A meeting of people for a social or special purpose
162
2.5
A group of people who meet for a common purpose
74
3.5
A time when people or groups join to work together
73
1.0
The joining of two things to become one, like rivers or ideas
46
1.9
A small informal meeting for people to talk and spend time together
26
4.7
Bringing people together to show support after a setback
9
3.7
Holding meetings by audio or video with people in different places
8
2.2
A planned time when several people come together to talk about something
7
3.4
A group of people, animals, or things gathered together
7
2.7
An event where people meet to talk and spend time together
1
7.7
Calling people together for a formal meeting or ceremony
1
4.2
Bringing people together for a meeting
1
3.5
A meeting that connects people or groups to work together
People coming together in one place for a common purpose
Antonyms
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the act of assembling or gathering' is directly derivable from 'call' (to summon/convene) combined with 'together' (in the same place/group), forming the phrasal verb 'call together' and its nominalized form. This is a straightforward compositional pattern common in English, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Calling together comes from the simple image of someone making a loud calling or notice to bring people together in one place. So it means 'the act of assembling or gathering people'.