assemble
Syllables: as·sem·ble/əˈsɛm.bəl/
assemble verb: to put together.
Verb
assemble (third-person singular simple present assembles, present participle assembling, simple past and past participle assembled)
- To put together.
- He assembled the model ship.
- 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
- Synonyms:
- build
- To gather as a group.
- The parents assembled in the school hall.
- 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...
- Synonyms:
- collect
- To translate from assembly language to machine code.
assemble meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
assemble in Hindi
- to assemble, collect, bring together
- इकट्ठा करना ikaṭṭhā karnā
assemble in Tamil
- transitive: to gather as a group
- கூடு kūṭu
assemble in Marathi
- to assemble, gather
- गोळा होणे goḷā hoṇe
assemble in Bengali
- to assemble
- মেলা mela
More languagesFewer languages
- assemble in Telugu
- చేరు cēru
- assemble in Malayalam
- സമ്മേളിക്കുക, വിളിച്ചു കൂട്ടുക, സംയോജിപ്പിക്കുക, ഒന്നിച്ചുചേർക്കുക
- assemble in Kannada
- ಸೇರು, ನೆರೆ, ಗೊಂದಣಿಸು, ಗುಮ್ಮುಗಟ್ಟು
- assemble in Punjabi
- ਜੋੜਨਾ joṛnā
- assemble in Gujarati
- જોડવું joḍvũ
- assemble in Sanskrit
- मीलति mīlati
- assemble in Indonesian
- merakit, berkumpul
- assemble in Persian
- سر هم کردن sar-e ham kardan, سرهمیدن, فراهمیدن farāhamidan, جمع شدن jam' šodan
- assemble in Thai
- รวมตัว
- assemble in Vietnamese
- tập hợp
Examples of assemble in a sentence
- Listen carefully when someone instructs you how to assemble the furniture.
- I bestrode the courtroom entranceway, holding forth on my merits to the assembled press.
- The machine assembles parts at high speed and with pinpoint accuracy.
Synonyms of assemble
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Antonyms
Forms of assemble
| third-person singular present | assembles |
|---|---|
| present participle | assembling |
| past participle | assembled |
| past | assembled |
Origin of 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.
Words formed from assemble
Questions about assemble
- What does assemble mean?
- Assemble means to put together.
- What is assemble in Hindi?
- Assemble in Hindi is इकट्ठा करना (ikaṭṭhā karnā). See Assemble meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is assemble?
- Assemble is a verb.
- How do you pronounce assemble?
- Assemble is pronounced /əˈsɛm.bəl/.
- What is the past tense of assemble?
- The past tense of assemble is assembled.
Words near assemble in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: assemble (page history and authors); इकट्ठा करना (Hindi) (page history and authors); गोळा होणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); মেলা (Bengali) (page history and authors); చేరు (Telugu) (page history and authors); assemble (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); assemble (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜੋੜਨਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); જોડવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); मीलति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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