assemble /ə-semˈbl/ transitive verb- To call or bring together
- To collect
- To put together the parts of
- To convert (a program) to machine code from assembly language (computing)
intransitive verb To meet together ORIGIN: Fr assembler, from LL assimulāre to bring together, from ad to, and simul together assemˈblage noun - A collection of persons or things
- The whole collection of remains found on an archaeological site
- All the flora and fauna of one type in an ecosystem (biology)
- The act of assembling
- The putting together of parts (technical)
- (also /a-sã-bläzh/) (putting together) a sculptural or other work of art consisting in whole or in part of selected objects, usu objects made for another purpose
assemˈblance or assemˈblaunce noun (Spenser) An assembling assemˈbler noun - Someone who or or something that assembles
- A program that converts a program in assembly language into one in machine code (computing)
- Assembly language (see below)
assemˈbly noun - The act of assembling
- The putting together of parts
- A company assembled
- A formal ball or meeting for dancing and social intercourse (historical)
- A reception or at-home (historical)
- A meeting for religious worship or the like
- A deliberative or legislative body, esp in some legislatures a lower house
- A drumbeat, esp a signal for striking tents (military)
assembly hall noun A hall, eg in a school, in which assemblies are held assembly language noun (computing) A low-level programming language, generally using symbolic addresses, which is translated into machine code by an assembler (see above) assembly line noun A serial arrangement of workers and apparatus for passing on work from stage to stage in assembling a product assemˈblyman or assemˈblywoman noun A member of an assembly or lower house assembly room noun - A public ballroom or room for entertainments or formal gatherings
- An assembly shop
assembly shop noun A place where components are assembled General Assembly The highest court of the Presbyterian Church or the United Reformed Church Legislative Assembly or House of Assembly The lower or only house of some legislatures National Assembly - (also Constituent Assembly) the first of the revolutionary assemblies in France (1789–91)
- (also Church Assembly) a deliberative body of the Church of England set up in 1920, consisting of houses of Bishops, Clergy, and Laity, superseded in 1970 by the General Synod (see synod)
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