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assemble en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /əˈsɛm.bəl/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo- Proto-Italic *semalis Latin similis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin simulō Medieval Latin assimulōder. Old French assemblerbor. Middle English assemblen English assemble 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.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To put together.
   • The handman reads copy and assembles type by hand, including straight composition, tables and display. 1918, The Industrial Education Survey of the City of New York, page 44:
   • He assembled the model ship.
   • This micro-generation of Silicon Valley start-ups did two basic things: It put together a labor pool to deliver food or clean toilets or assemble IKEA bookshelves, and it found people who needed those things done. 2019 March 6, Alexis C. Madrigal, “The Servant Economy”, in The Atlantic:
2. (ergative) To gather as a group.
   • Thither he assembled all his train. 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
   • Actually, no. The scientists and scholars Heartland is assembling are not members of the gloom-and-doom chorus. 2008 December 9, Jeff Jacoby, “Skepticism on climate change”, in The International Herald Tribune, →ISSN:
   • All the men of Israel assembled themselves. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings viii:2:
   • The parents assembled in the school hall.
3. To translate from assembly language to machine code.

Forms

Antonyms

dissolve · dwindle · disband · break up · disperse

Deriveds

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

Hypernyms

join

Hyponyms

powwow · rally

Relateds

round up · coalesce

Synonyms

begather · team up · forgather · assemble · build (to put together) · congress · herd · muster · thrutch · pack · mass · construct · congregate · throng · meet · team · put together · meet up · round up · press · group · league · crowd · gather up · flock · thring · gather · collect (to gather as a group) · produce · fall in with

Translations (121)

ru собира́ться (transitive: to gather as a group) · de zusammenkommen (transitive: to gather as a group) · sv assemblera (computing: to translate from assembly language to machine code) · hy հավաքվել (transitive: to gather as a group) · fi kokoontua (transitive: to gather as a group) · bg монтирам (to put together) · vi tập hợp (to put together) · it adunarsi (transitive: to gather as a group) · ja 集める (to put together) · nl in elkaar zetten (to put together) · de sich versammeln (transitive: to gather as a group) · is setja saman (to put together) · fi kääntää (computing: to translate from assembly language to machine code) · sq mbledh (transitive: to gather as a group) · gl ensamblar (to put together) · cmn 聚集 (transitive: to gather as a group) · fi koota (to put together) · sq lidh (to put together) · es asemblar (transitive: to gather as a group) · az yığmaq (to put together) · hu összegyűlik (transitive: to gather as a group) · chr ᎠᎾᏓᏟᏏᎭ (transitive: to gather as a group) · ru монти́ровать (to put together) · cmn 組合 /组合 (to put together) · es juntar (transitive: to gather as a group) · de zusammensetzen (to put together) · txb kraup- (transitive: to gather as a group) · fa فراهمیدن (transitive: to gather as a group) · cmn 彙編 /汇编 (computing: to translate from assembly language to machine code) · sq bashkoj (transitive: to gather as a group) · gl montar (to put together) · sv sammankallas (transitive: to gather as a group) · fr s'assembler (transitive: to gather as a group) · ro monta (to put together) · fr se réunir (transitive: to gather as a group) · mi whakamine (transitive: to gather as a group) · hy հավաքել (to put together) · sh sàstaviti (to put together) · ko 모으다 (transitive: to gather as a group) · fa سر هم کردن (to put together) · grc συντίθημι (to put together) · mi ikapahi (transitive: to gather as a group) · he אסף (to put together) · fa فراهمیدن (to put together) · it riunire (transitive: to gather as a group) · az quraşdırmaq (to put together) · ru собра́ть (to put together) · id berkumpul (transitive: to gather as a group) · bg сглобявам (to put together) · he התאסף (transitive: to gather as a group) · pdt toopkomen (transitive: to gather as a group) · bg събирам се (transitive: to gather as a group) · it montare (to put together) · sv montera (to put together) · ja 組み立てる (to put together) · nl samenkomen (transitive: to gather as a group) · ru собра́ться (transitive: to gather as a group) · pl zmontować (to put together) · pl montować (to put together) · egy dmD:Y1 (to put together) · hu összerak (to put together) · sv sätta ihop (to put together) · hu összeszerel (to put together) · pl zbierać się (transitive: to gather as a group) · pt juntar (to put together) · cs shromáždit se (transitive: to gather as a group) · ro asambla (to put together) · qu huñuy (to put together) · bg свиквам (transitive: to gather as a group) · it assemblare (to put together) · sq grumbulloj (transitive: to gather as a group) · it adunare (transitive: to gather as a group) · es ensamblar (to put together) · eo arigi (transitive: to gather as a group) · la conveniō (transitive: to gather as a group) · pt montar (to put together) · pt juntar-se (transitive: to gather as a group) · ga cruinnigh (to put together) · cmn 收集 (to put together) · de versammeln (to put together) · fr se rassembler (transitive: to gather as a group) · es armar (to put together) · id merakit (to put together) · yue 砌 (to put together) · fr monter (to put together) · mi whakahuihui (transitive: to gather as a group) · ja 集まる (transitive: to gather as a group) · fr assembler (to put together) · it mettere insieme (to put together) · fa گرد هم آمدن (transitive: to gather as a group) · ro reuni (transitive: to gather as a group) · fr rassembler (to put together) · cmn 聚集 (to put together) · pl gromadzić się (transitive: to gather as a group) · ru собира́ть (to put together) · hu egybegyűlik (transitive: to gather as a group) · qu tantay (to put together) · fa سرهمیدن (to put together) · it riunirsi (transitive: to gather as a group) · is kalla saman (transitive: to gather as a group) · hu összeállít (to put together) · ca muntar (to put together) · sv samlas (transitive: to gather as a group) · qu tantay (transitive: to gather as a group) · ta கூடு (transitive: to gather as a group) · es montar (to put together) · nl zich verzamelen (transitive: to gather as a group) · fa جمع شدن (transitive: to gather as a group) · mi rūpeke (transitive: to gather as a group) · is smala (computing: to translate from assembly language to machine code) · sh са̀ставити (to put together) · sq bashkoj (to put together) · mi karawhiti (transitive: to gather as a group) · he כנס (transitive: to gather as a group) · qu huñuy (transitive: to gather as a group) · eo kunmeti (to put together) · sq ngjis (to put together) · th รวมตัว (transitive: to gather as a group) · la coeō (transitive: to gather as a group) · ga tiomsaigh (transitive: to gather as a group) · pt reunir-se (transitive: to gather as a group)