assemblynoun
uk/əˈsem.bli/us/əˈsem.bli/assembly noun (MEETING)
C2 [ C ] a group of people, especially one that meets regularly for a particular purpose, such as government, or, more generally, the process of coming together, or the state of being together:
one of the two parts of the government that makes laws in many US States:
[ C or U ] a meeting in a school of several classes, usually at the beginning of the school day, to give information or to say prayers together:
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- Everyone would go into the hall for assembly and then afterwards we'd go to our respective classes.
- He is an elected member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
- Are you in favour of setting up regional assemblies to legislate on local matters?
- If you don't organize the demonstration properly the police will say it's an illegal assembly.
- We have an assembly for the whole college three times a term, with class and group assemblies once a week.
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Official meetings
- annual general meeting
- assizes
- caucus
- conference
- congress
- convention
- convocation
- council of war
- extraordinary
- order
- plenary
- plenum
- powwow
- quorate
- quorum
- round-table
- secretary
- sitting
- speaking engagement
- summit
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assembly noun (JOINING)
C2 [ U ] the process of putting together the parts of a machine or structure
[ C ] specialized engineering the structure produced by this process:
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Connecting and combining
- abut
- adjoin
- aggregate
- allied
- amalgamate
- assemblage
- bind
- desegregate
- dovetail
- eclectic
- entwine
- fuse
- fusion
- hitch
- linkage
- lump sb/sth together
- marriage
- marry
- meld
- merge
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