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assemble
1[ uh-sem-buhl ]
verb (used with object)
, as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling.
- to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
Antonyms: disperse
- to put or fit together; put together the parts of:
to assemble information for a report; to assemble a toy from a kit.
Synonyms: connect
- Computers. compile ( def 4 ).
verb (used without object)
, as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling.
- to come together; gather; meet:
We assembled in the auditorium.
Synonyms: convene, congregate
Antonyms: disperse
assemblé
2[ French a-sahn-bley ]
noun
, Ballet.
, plural as·sem·blés [a, -sah, n, -, bley].
- a jump in which the dancer throws one leg up, springs off the other, and lands with both feet together.
assemblé
1/ asɑ̃ble /
noun
- ballet a sideways leap in which the feet come together in the air in preparation for landing
assemble
2/ əˈsɛmbəl /
verb
- to come or bring together; collect or congregate
- to fit or join together (the parts of something, such as a machine)
to assemble the parts of a kit
- to run (a computer program) that converts a set of symbolic data, usually in the form of specific single-step instructions, into machine language
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Word History and Origins
Origin of assemble1
First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English, from Old French assembler, from Vulgar Latin assimulāre (unrecorded) “to bring together,” from Latin as- as- + simul “together” ( simultaneous ) + -āre, infinitive verb suffix
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Word History and Origins
Origin of assemble1
literally: brought together
Origin of assemble2
C13: from Old French assembler, from Vulgar Latin assimulāre (unattested) to bring together, from Latin simul together
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Synonym Study
See gather. See manufacture.
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