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   assemble

   /əˈsɛmbl/

   verb

   • 1. (of people) gather together in one place for a common purpose: "a crowd had assembled outside the gates" Similar come togetherget togethergathercollectmeetmusterrallycongregateconveneflock togetherrare:foregatherOpposite disperse
   • ▪ cause (people or things) to gather together for a common purpose: "he assembled the surviving members of the group for a tour" Similar bring togetherget togethercall togethergathercollectround upmarshalmustersummonrallyconveneaccumulatemassamassformal:convokeOpposite disperse
   • ▪ (of male moths) gather for mating in response to a pheromone released by a female: "the males assemble and hang by their front legs within a yard or two of the female"
   • 2. fit together the separate component parts of (a machine or other object): "my new machine is being assembled and my old one dismantled" Similar constructbuildfabricatemanufactureerectset upjoin upfit togetherput togetherpiece togetherconnectjoinunitepatch upsew (up)Opposite dismantle
   • 3. translate (a program) from a higher-level programming language into machine code: "assemble the program and produce a file suitable to input to the simulator"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French asembler, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + simul ‘together’.

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   to come or bring together; collect or congregate. to fit or join together (the parts of something, such as a machine) to assemble the parts of a kit. to run (a computer program) that converts a set of symbolic data, usually in the form of specific single-step instructions, into machine language.

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   1. to come or bring together; collect or congregate. 2. to fit or join together (the parts of something, such as a machine): to assemble the parts of a kit. 3. (Computer Science) to run (a computer program) that converts a set of symbolic data, usually in the form of specific single-step instructions, into machine language.