Definition of ASSEMBLE

assemble

Verb

Verb Forms: assembled, assembling, assembles

  • To gather together in one place for a common purpose.
  • create by putting components or members together
  • collect in one place
    • "We assembled in the church basement"
  • get people together
    • "assemble your colleagues"
  • To put together.
  • To gather as a group.
  • To translate from assembly language to machine code.

Examples

  • He assembled the model ship.
  • I can’t seem to assemble a decent word from this rack of vowels.
  • The parents assembled in the school hall.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

foregather, forgather, gather, get together, meet, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together, assemble, begather, build, collect, congregate, congress, construct, crowd, fall in with, flock, gather up, group, herd, league, mass, meet up, muster, pack, press, produce, round up, team, team up, thring, throng, thrutch

Antonyms

disassemble, break up, disband, disperse, dissolve, dwindle

Scrabble Score: 12

assemble: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
assemble: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
assemble: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

assemble: valid Words With Friends Word