assemble
VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (3)assembled, assembling
- create by putting components or members together“She pieced a quilt”“He tacked together some verses”“They set up a committee”Synonyms: pieceput togetherset uptacktack togetherOpposite take apartMore general join, makeMore specific reassemble, rig up, jumble, compound, confect, configure
- collect in one place“We assembled in the church basement”“Let's gather in the dining room”Synonyms: meetgatherforgatherforegatherMore general interactMore specific meet, fort, cluster, crowd, convene, congregate, caucus, group, converge, hive +2 moreSimilar meet, run into
- get people together“assemble your colleagues”“get together all those who are interested in the project”“gather the close family members”Synonyms: gatherget togetherMore general accumulate, cumulateMore specific makeCauses meet, gather
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Translations
Verb to put together
- Spanish
- ensamblar
- French
- assembler
- German
- zusammensetzen
- Italian
- montare
- Portuguese
- juntar
- Turkish
- kurmak
- Russian
- собира́ть sobirátʹ
- Chinese
- 组合 zǔhé
- Japanese
- 集める atsumeru
- Dutch
- in elkaar zetten
Verb to gather, come together
- Italian
- riunirsi
- Russian
- собира́ться sobirátʹsja
- Arabic
- اِجْتَمَعَ ijtamaʕa
- Chinese
- 聚集 jùjí
- Japanese
- 集まる atsumaru
- Dutch
- samenkomen
- Indonesian
- berkumpul
- Hungarian
- összegyűlik
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 聚集 jùjí
- Esperanto
- arigi
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. assembler, fr. LL. assimulare to bring together to collect; L. ad + simul together; akin to similis like, Gr. … at the same time, and E. same. Cf. Assimilate, Same.
1. To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.
Thither he assembled all his train.— John Milton
All the men of Israel assembled themselves.— 1 Kings viii. 2.
2. To collect and put together the parts of; as, to assemble a bicycle, watch, gun, or other manufactured article.
To meet or come together, as a number of individuals; to convene; to congregate. John Dryden
The Parliament assembled in November.— William Nathaniel Massey
To liken; to compare. obsolete
Bribes may be assembled to pitch.— Hugh Latimer
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement