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- US Pronunciation
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- [uh-sem-blee]
- /əˈsɛm bli/
- /əˈsem.bli/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uh-sem-blee]
- /əˈsɛm bli/
Definitions of assembly word
- countable noun assembly An assembly is a large group of people who meet regularly to make decisions or laws for a particular region or country. 3
- countable noun assembly An assembly is a group of people gathered together for a particular purpose. 3
- uncountable noun assembly When you refer to rights of assembly or restrictions on assembly, you are referring to the legal right that people have to gather together. 3
- variable noun assembly In a school, assembly is a gathering of all the teachers and pupils at the beginning of every school day. 3
- uncountable noun assembly The assembly of a machine, device, or object is the process of fitting its different parts together. 3
- noun assembly a number of people gathered together, esp for a formal meeting held at regular intervals 3
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Origin of assembly
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English assemblee < Middle French, literally, (that which is) assembled, feminine past participle of assembler to assemble
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Parts of speech for Assembly
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
assembly popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
assembly usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for assembly
noun assembly
- gathering — a drawing together; contraction.
- crowd — A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something.
- cluster — A cluster of people or things is a small group of them close together.
- huddle — to gather or crowd together in a close mass.
- council — A council is a group of people who are elected to govern a local area such as a city or, in Britain, a county.
verb assembly
- attendance — Someone's attendance at an event or an institution is the fact that they are present at the event or go regularly to the institution.
- thronging — a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
Antonyms for assembly
noun assembly
- individual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- one — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
- division — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
Top questions with assembly
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- why did many workers oppose assembly line production?
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