- to come or bring together; collect or congregate
- to fit or join together (the parts of something, such as a machine)
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as•sem•bled
(ə sem′bəld),USA pronunciation adj.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026- Jewelrynoting an artificial gem formed of two or more parts, as a doublet or triplet, at least one of which is a true gemstone.
- assemble + -ed2 1585–95
as•sem•ble /əˈsɛmbəl/USA pronunciation
v., -bled, -bling.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to come or bring together;
gather into one place;
meet: [no object]The crowd assembled in the waiting room.[~ + object]The guides assembled the tourists together. - [~ + object] to put together;
put together the parts of: assembled model airplanes.
as•sem•ble
(ə sem′bəl),USA pronunciation v., -bled, -bling.
v.t.
v.i.
as•sem•blé (Fr. a sän blā′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -blés (Fr. -blā′).USA pronunciation [Ballet.]
v.t.
- to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
- to put or fit together;
put together the parts of:to assemble information for a report; to assemble a toy from a kit. - Computingcompile (def. 4).
v.i.
- to come together;
gather;
meet:We assembled in the auditorium.
- Vulgar Latin *assimulāre to bring together, equivalent. to Latin as- as- + simul together + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive suffix
- Old French assembler
- Middle English 1200–50
- 1. convene, convoke. See gather. 2. connect. See manufacture. 4. congregate, convene.
- 1. 4. disperse.
as•sem•blé (Fr. a sän blā′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -blés (Fr. -blā′).USA pronunciation [Ballet.]
- Music and Dancea jump in which the dancer throws one leg up, springs off the other, and lands with both feet together.
- French, past participle of assembler to assemble
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assemble /əˈsɛmbəl/ vb
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'assembled' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
assemblage
- assembly
- Bailey bridge
- beehive
- collected
- collection
- collective
- convoy
- Denis
- equipment
- forme
- identification parade
- kit
- line-up
- made-up
- park
- pick-up
- Pitt-Rivers
- posse
- prefabricate
- Santa Cruz
- school
- scratch
- stockyard
- synesis
- table
- turbine blade
- artificial
- assemble
- assembly line
- base
- breadboard
- buck
- built
- clinic
- company
- congregate
- congregation
- crib
- cut-and-paste
- depot
- Gunpowder Plot
- homemade
- imitation
- leave
- Long Parliament
- manufactured home
- marriage
- meet
- miscellany
