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- Dictionaryassemble/əˈsɛmbl/
verb
- 1. (of people) gather together in one place for a common purpose: "a crowd had assembled outside the gates" Similar Opposite
- 2. fit together the separate component parts of (a machine or other object): "my new machine is being assembled and my old one dismantled" Similar Opposite
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to bring or come together in a single group or place, or to put together the parts of something: [ I ] When the fire alarm rings, everyone is supposed to leave the building and assemble in the schoolyard. [ T ] Workers were earning $20 an hour assembling cars.
assemble (somewhat formal) to fit together all the separate parts of something, such as a piece of furniture or a machine: The cupboard is easy to assemble. put something together to make or prepare something by fitting or collecting parts together: to put together a model plane
as•sem•ble (ə sem′ bəl), v., -bled, -bling. v.t. to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole. to put or fit together; put together the parts of: to assemble information for a report; to assemble a toy from a kit. Computing compile (def. 4). v.i.
Origin of Assemble. From Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler (“to assemble”), from Medieval Latin assimulare (“to bring together”), from ad- + simul (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sōm-, *som- (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, whole”).
to fit or join together (the parts of something, such as a machine) to assemble the parts of a kit. 3. to run (a computer program) that converts a set of symbolic data, usually in the form of specific single-step instructions, into machine language. Collins English Dictionary.
An assembly is a large group of people who meet regularly to make decisions or laws for a particular region or country. ...the campaign for the first free election to the National Assembly. ...an assembly of party members from the Russian republic. 2. countable noun.
assemble verb. In the sense of gather together a crowd had assembled Synonyms come together • get together • gather • collect • meet • muster • rally • congregate • convene • flock together Opposite disperse.
The earliest known use of the noun assemble is in the 1880s. OED's only evidence for assemble is from 1883, in Army Corps Orders. It is also recorded as a verb from the Middle English period (1150—1500).
'Assemble' [əˈsɛmbəl] means to bring together parts or people to form a whole, or to gather in one place for a common purpose. It can be used in contexts ranging from assembling furniture to assembling a team of experts.
Synonyms for ASSEMBLE in English: gather, meet, collect, rally, flock, accumulate, come together, muster, convene, congregate, ….
