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assemble

  • verb
  • as·sem·ble
  • /əˈsɛm.bəl/

To put together.

Example

“He assembled the model ship.”

Other meanings

  1. To gather as a group.

    “The parents assembled in the school hall.”

  2. To translate from assembly language to machine code.

Synonyms

  • piece
  • put together
  • set up
  • tack
  • tack together

Related words

  • self-assembled
  • unassembled
  • assemblable
  • coassemble
  • disassemble
  • misassemble
  • overassemble
  • preassemble
  • reassemble
  • subassemble
  • unassemble
  • self-assemble

Word history

From Medieval Latin "assimulo".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “assemble” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.