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- Dictionaryassembly/əˈsɛmbli/
noun
- 1. a group of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose: "an assembly of dockers and labourers" Similar
- 2. the action of gathering together as a group for a common purpose: "a decree guaranteeing freedom of assembly"
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a group of people, especially one that meets regularly for a particular purpose, such as government, or, more generally, the process of coming together, or the state of being together: the United Nations General Assembly. She has been tipped as a future member of the Welsh Assembly. Assembly US.
1. : a company of persons gathered for deliberation and legislation, worship, or entertainment. an assembly of religious leaders. 2. capitalized : a legislative body. specifically : the lower house of a legislature. 3. : a meeting of a student body and usually faculty for administrative, educational, or recreational purposes.
An assembly is a gathering of people, usually for some specific reason, as in The preacher gave a sermon before the assembly. Assembly is used to refer to a group of people who have gathered together.
Assembly is the process of putting parts together to make a machine or other product. All the components were made and ready for assembly . The apparatus comes in kit form for ease of assembly .
assembly. ( əˈsɛmblɪ) n, pl -blies. 1. a number of people gathered together, esp for a formal meeting held at regular intervals. 2. the act of assembling or the state of being assembled. 3. (Mechanical Engineering) the process of putting together a number of parts to make a machine or other product. 4.
/əˈsembli/ (plural assemblies) (also Assembly) [countable] a group of people who have been elected to meet together regularly and make decisions or laws for a particular region or country. state/legislative/federal/local assemblies. Power has been handed over to provincial and regional assemblies.
Use the noun assembly to refer group of people meeting up for a mutual purpose, such as a church service. Often used to describing a gathering of people, the word assembly can also refer to putting something together, such as a machine or a piece of furniture.
