assembly — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.

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   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   In order to change the bearing, you must first remove the gearbox assembly.

   Sheets of water poured over the car, making visibility all but nil. Suddenly the windshield wiper, not just the blade but the entire assembly, blew off.

2. The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.

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   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   instructions for assembly

   some assembly required

   More examples (2)

   assembly line

   The bogies are built up of welded sub-units which are stress-relieved before assembly by riveting.

3. A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.

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   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   gathering

   Examples

   school assembly

   freedom of assembly

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   In a word, they were made uſe of by the immediate ſucceſſors of the Apoſtles, and many of them read in the Public Aſſemblies of Chriſtians, as Canonical Scripture, without the leaſt mark of Diſtinction, in point of Autority[…]

   They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.

4. A legislative body.

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   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   the General Assembly of the United Nations

   New York State Assembly

5. A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.

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6. A building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.

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Noun

1. a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit

   Broader terms

   machine

2. the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

   Synonyms

   fabrication

   Antonyms

   disassembly

   Broader terms

   constructionbuilding

3. a public facility to meet for open discussion

   Synonyms

   forummeeting place

   Broader terms

   facilityinstallation

4. a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose

   Broader terms

   gatheringassemblage

5. a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together

   Broader terms

   wholeunit

6. the social act of assembling

   Synonyms

   assemblagegathering

   Antonyms

   disassembly

   Broader terms

   group action

   Examples

   they demanded the right of assembly