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assemble

[ uh-sem-buhl ]
/ əˈsɛm bəl /
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verb (used with object), as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling.

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.
Computers. compile(def 4).

verb (used without object), as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling.

to come together; gather; meet: We assembled in the auditorium.

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RELATED WORDS

amass, gather, summon, collect, mobilize, convene, meet, manufacture, join, fit, form, construct, compile, produce, erect, capture, huddle, group, muster, unite

Nearby words

assbackwards, asse, assegai, assemblage, assemblagist, assemble, assembled, assembler, assemblies of god, assembly, assembly district

Origin of assemble

1200–50; Middle English < Old French assembler < Vulgar Latin *assimulāre to bring together, equivalent to Latin as- as- + simul together + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive suffix

Synonym study

1. See gather. 2. See manufacture.

Definition for assemble (2 of 2)

assemblé

[ French a-sahn-bley ]
/ French a sɑ̃ˈbleɪ /

noun, plural as·sem·blés [French a-sahn-bley] /French a sɑ̃ˈbleɪ/. Ballet.

a jump in which the dancer throws one leg up, springs off the other, and lands with both feet together.

Origin of assemblé

< French, past participle of assembler to assemble
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British Dictionary definitions for assemble (1 of 2)

assemble

/ (əˈsɛmbəl) /

verb

to come or bring together; collect or congregate
to fit or join together (the parts of something, such as a machine)to assemble the parts of a kit
to run (a computer program) that converts a set of symbolic data, usually in the form of specific single-step instructions, into machine language

Word Origin for assemble

C13: from Old French assembler, from Vulgar Latin assimulāre (unattested) to bring together, from Latin simul together

British Dictionary definitions for assemble (2 of 2)

assemblé

/ French (asɑ̃ble) /

noun

ballet a sideways leap in which the feet come together in the air in preparation for landing

Word Origin for assemblé

literally: brought together
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