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Assembly
//əˈsɛmb.li// name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 1 The lower legislative body of each of a number of states of the United States. US
"Nevada Assembly"
Noun
- 1 A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device. countable, uncountable
"In order to change the bearing, you must first remove the gearbox assembly."
- 2 the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) wordnet
- 3 The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements. countable, uncountable
"instructions for assembly"
- 4 the social act of assembling wordnet
- 5 A congregation of people in one place for a purpose. countable, uncountable
"school assembly"
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- 6 a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit wordnet
- 7 A legislative body. countable, uncountable
"the General Assembly of the United Nations"
- 8 a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together wordnet
- 9 A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble. countable, uncountable
- 10 a public facility to meet for open discussion wordnet
- 11 Ellipsis of assembly language. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
- 12 a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose wordnet
- 13 A building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information. countable, uncountable
Etymology
From Middle English assemblee, from Anglo-Norman asemblee (Old French asemblee, French assemblée). By surface analysis, assemble + -y.
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