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   assembly

   /əˈsɛmbli/

   noun

   • 1. a group of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose: "an assembly of dockers and labourers" Similar gatheringmeetingcongregationconventionrallyconvocationcongresscouncilsynodaudienceassemblageturnoutgroupbodycrowdthrongcompanyinformal:get-together
   • ▪ a group of people elected to make laws or decisions for a particular country or region: "the 577-seat National Assembly"
   • 2. the action of gathering together as a group for a common purpose: "a decree guaranteeing freedom of assembly"
   • ▪ the regular gathering of the teachers and pupils of a school at the start or end of the day: "he was told off for talking in assembly"
   • ▪ a signal for troops to assemble, given by drum or bugle. historical
   • 3. the action of fitting together the component parts of a machine or other object: "a car assembly plant" Similar constructionbuildingfabricationmanufactureerectionsetting upputting togetherfitting togetherpiecing togetherconnectionjoiningOpposite dismantling
   • ▪ a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together: "the tail assembly of the aircraft"
   • 4. the conversion of instructions in low-level code to machine code.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French asemblee, feminine past participle of asembler (see assemble).

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