assembling

[uh-sem-buhl]

as·sem·ble

[uh-sem-buhl] verb, as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling.
verb (used with object)
1.
to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
2.
to put or fit together; put together the parts of: to assemble information for a report; to assemble a toy from a kit.
3.
Computers. compile (def. 4).
verb (used without object)
4.
to come together; gather; meet: We assembled in the auditorium.

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Assembling is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin:
1200–50; Middle English < Old French assembler < Vulgar Latin *assimulāre to bring together, equivalent to Latin as- as- + simul together + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive suffix


1. convene, convoke. See gather. 2. connect. See manufacture. 4. congregate, convene.


1, 4. disperse.

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assembling

noun
the act of gathering something together [syn: collection
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