What does "assemblage" mean?
The process of assembling or bringing together.
Assemblage
/əˈsɛmblɪd͡ʒ/ noun
noun ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The process of assembling or bringing together.
- Grammar: assemblage is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: aggregation, collection, gathering, a to izzard.
- Useful contrasts: decomposition, deconstruction, disassembly.
- Usage evidence: On the day of the marriage, which, as was then usual, was celebrated by a great assemblage of friends and relations, she was the same—sad, silent, and resigned, as it seemed, to her destiny.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The process of assembling or bringing together. countable, uncountable
"the assemblage of words and recordings"
- 2 the social act of assembling wordnet
- 3 A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled. countable, uncountable
"The tomb contained percussion, string and wind instruments in a remarkable state of preservation, including the largest assemblage of Bronze Age bells ever recovered. Discovered in 1977, near the city of Suizhou in Hubei Province in central China, the tomb, from the fifth century B.C., has long been considered "one of the most significant archeological discoveries of the 20th century," said Peter A. Young, editor in chief of the magazine."
- 4 a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose wordnet
- 5 A gathering of people. countable, uncountable
"But scarce was supper well over, before a change so incredible was wrought in me, such violent, yet pleasingly irksome sensations took possession of me that I scarce knew how to contain myself; the smart of the lashes was now converted into such a prickly heat, such fiery tinglings, as made me sigh, squeeze my thighs together, shift and wriggle about my seat, with a furious restlessness; whilst these itching ardours, thus excited in those parts on which the storm of discipline had principally fallen, detached legions of burning, subtile, stimulating spirits, to their opposite spot and centre of assemblage, where their titillation raged so furiously, that I was even stinging mad with them."
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- 6 several things grouped together or considered as a whole wordnet
- 7 A group of different artifacts found in association with one another. countable, uncountable
- 8 a group of persons together in one place wordnet
- 9 A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often found, elements into works of art. countable, uncountable
Synonyms
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"On the day of the marriage, which, as was then usual, was celebrated by a great assemblage of friends and relations, she was the same—sad, silent, and resigned, as it seemed, to her destiny."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "assemblage"?
Common synonyms include: aggregation, collection, gathering, a to izzard, a to z, accord.
How do you use "assemblage" in a sentence?
On the day of the marriage, which, as was then usual, was celebrated by a great assemblage of friends and relations, she was the same—sad, silent, and resigned, as it seemed, to her destiny.
How do you pronounce "assemblage"?
Pronounced /əˈsɛmblɪd͡ʒ/.
Etymology
Borrowed from French assemblage. By surface analysis, assemble + -age.