assemble
See also: assemblé
English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈsɛmbl̩/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: as‧sem‧ble
Verb
assemble (third-person singular simple present assembles, present participle assembling, simple past and past participle assembled)
- (transitive) To put together.
- He assembled the model ship.
- (transitive, intransitive) To gather as a group.
- The parents assembled in the school hall.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- Thither he assembled all his train.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings viii:2:
- All the men of Israel assembled themselves.
- (computing) To translate from assembly language to machine code.
Synonyms
- (to put together): build, construct, produce, put together; see also Thesaurus:build
- (to gather as a group): collect, begather; see also Thesaurus:assemble or Thesaurus:round up
Derived terms
Translations
to put together
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to gather as a group
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computing: to translate from assembly language to machine code
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Audio (CAN) (file)
Verb
assemble
- inflection of assembler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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