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- pronunciation:
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
assembles, assembling, assembled |
| definition 1: |
When someone assembles people or things, they bring them together in one place.
The principal assembled all the students to tell them something important.- synonyms:
- collect, gather, group
- antonyms:
- dismiss
- similar words:
- order, organize
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| definition 2: |
When you assemble something, you put the parts of it together.
My mom assembled my little brother's new tricycle. While she was assembling it, he played in the big box that the parts came in.- synonyms:
- build, construct, make
- similar words:
- compose, connect, join, piece together, unite
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| definition 3: |
When people assemble, it means that they come together in one group.
People assembled in front of the town hall to hear what the mayor was going to say.- synonyms:
- gather, meet
- similar words:
- crowd, organize, unite
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| related words: |
fix, form, herd, huddle, manufacture, pair, patch, raise, set |
| derivation: |
assembler (n.) |
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