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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
assembles, assembling, assembled |
| definition 1: |
to gather (things or persons) into a group.
The office manager assembled the staff for the weekly meeting.She assembled her best recent photographs and added them to her portfolio.- synonyms:
- collect, compile, congregate, gather, group, marshal, rally, round up
- antonyms:
- disband, dismiss, disperse
- similar words:
- agglomerate, aggregate, array, cluster, collocate, convene, convoke, garner, mass, mobilize, order, organize, summon
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| definition 2: |
to constuct by joining the parts of.
The mechanic assembled the car engine.You can't buy the desk like that, you have to assemble it yourself.- synonyms:
- build, construct, fabricate, make
- antonyms:
- disassemble, dismantle, strip, take apart
- similar words:
- compile, compose, connect, frame, join, package, piece together, unite
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| related words: |
amass, bunch, cache, call, compile, concentrate, fix, form, huddle, knit, lump, manufacture, marshal, muster, pack, pair, patch, pile, raise, set |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to come together in one group.
The students assembled in the cafeteria and waited to get their class schedules.We assembled around the table for dinner around six o'clock.- synonyms:
- collect, congregate, convene, forgather, gather, group, meet, rally
- antonyms:
- disband, disperse
- similar words:
- amass, bunch, cluster, congress, crowd, mobilize, muster, organize, unite
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| related words: |
concentrate, herd, huddle |
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| derivation: |
assembler (n.) |
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