assembly
an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
a group of persons gathered together, usually for a particular purpose, whether religious, political, educational, or social.
(often initial capital letter)Government. a legislative body, especially the lower house of the legislature in certain states of the U.S.: a bill before the assembly; the New York State Assembly.
Military.
a signal, as by drum or bugle, for troops to fall into ranks or otherwise assemble.
the movement of forces, tanks, soldiers, etc., scattered by battle or battle drill, toward and into a small area.
the putting together of complex machinery, as airplanes, from interchangeable parts of standard dimensions.
Machinery. a group of machine parts, especially one forming a self-contained, independently mounted unit.: Compare subassembly.
Origin of assembly
1synonym study For assembly
Other words for assembly
1, 2 | assemblage, gathering, congress, meeting |
2 | throng |
3 | congress, representatives |
Other words from assembly
- pre·as·sem·bly, noun, plural pre·as·sem·blies.
- re·as·sem·bly, noun, plural re·as·sem·blies.
- self-as·sem·bly, noun, plural self·-as·sem·blies.
Words that may be confused with assembly
- assemblage, assembly
Words Nearby assembly
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How to use assembly in a sentence
Police in riot gear—and others camouflaged in plain clothes—made nearly 300 arrests, citing the majority for “unlawful assembly.”
Hong Kong’s citywide COVID-19 testing has become a barometer of public trust | eamonbarrett | September 9, 2020 | FortuneThey have to pay employees to fill out the forms, but they could have someone doing that for $15 an hour, so it’s probably just a mass assembly line.
The Loan Company That Sued Thousands of Low-Income Latinos During the Pandemic | by Kiah Collier, Ren Larson and Perla Trevizo | August 31, 2020 | ProPublicaOver time, Shih argues, outsourcing has cannibalized not only the assembly line jobs we associate with the factory floor, but the whole chain of intellectual effort that makes those jobs possible.
Every aspect of project management, systems engineering, risk management, and logistics of the machine assembly must perform together with the precision of a Swiss watch.
Construction of the World’s Biggest Nuclear Fusion Plant Just Started in France | Edd Gent | August 3, 2020 | Singularity HubThe economy is changing at a rate of speed that looks like something that I’m sure people who didn’t have electrification, and they got electricity, and then we had assembly lines, felt.
His son, Yaqoob Bizenjo, served as a member of the National assembly until 2013.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan | Umar Farooq | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe FSLN-controlled legislative assembly approved the mega-project under a cloud of secrecy in a record seven days.
China’s Nicaragua Canal Could Spark a New Central America Revolution | Nina Lakhani | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt break time, the entire assembly line would run over to play the machines that were ready to be shipped out.
Call your state senators, your assembly members, your mayors, and your city councils.
A representative assembly, John Adams wrote in 1776, “should be in miniature an exact portrait of the people at large.”
Is It Time to Take a Chance on Random Representatives? | Michael Schulson | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat course was taken to supply that assembly when any noble family became extinct?
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftOpening of the national assembly of France, after the abdication of Louis Philippe.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellStruck with surprise, the dead silence of profound awe, for an instant stilled the whole assembly.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane Porter"We yield obedience to the act granting duties," declared the Massachusetts assembly.
The Eve of the Revolution | Carl BeckerFresh Commissioners came from the assembly, and it was only their fortunate recall to Paris that saved the general from arrest.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
British Dictionary definitions for assembly (1 of 2)
/ (əˈsɛmblɪ) /
a number of people gathered together, esp for a formal meeting held at regular intervals
the act of assembling or the state of being assembled
the process of putting together a number of parts to make a machine or other product
machinery a group of mating components before or after fitting together
military
a signal for personnel to assemble, as by drum, bugle, etc
(as modifier): an assembly area
British Dictionary definitions for Assembly (2 of 2)
/ (əˈsɛmblɪ) /
the lower chamber in various American state legislatures: See also House of Assembly, legislative assembly, National Assembly
NZ short for General Assembly
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