Assemble

//əˈsɛm.bəl// verb

verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To put together. transitive

    "He assembled the model ship."

  2. 2
    create by putting components or members together wordnet
  3. 3
    To gather as a group. ergative

    "The parents assembled in the school hall."

  4. 4
    collect in one place wordnet
  5. 5
    To translate from assembly language to machine code.
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  1. 6
    get people together wordnet

Synonyms

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forgathergathermeetmeetput togetherbuild

Example

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"This bookcase is easy to assemble."

Etymology

From Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler (“to assemble”), from Medieval Latin assimulāre (“to bring together”), from ad- + simulō (“copy, imitate”), from similis (“like, similar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Doublet of assimilate.

Related phrases

self-assembleself-assembledself-assemblingassembly languagebring togetherbuild upget togetherinsert tabinstructions buildmachine codeput togethersome required

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