English Explanatory Dictionary

assemble

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To put together.
  2. To gather as a group.
  3. To translate from assembly language to machine code.

Pronunciation

/əˈsɛm.bəl/ en-us-assemble.ogg

Word forms

assemble assembles assembling assembled

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo- Proto-Italic *semalis Latin similis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin simulō Medieval Latin assimulōder. Old French assemblerbor. Middle English assemblen English assemble From Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler (“to assemble”), from Medieval Latin assimulāre (“to bring together”), from ad- + simulō (“copy, imitate”), from similis (“like, similar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Doublet of assimilate.

Synonyms

construct produce put together begather round up assemble congregate congress crowd fall in with flock forgather gather gather up group herd league mass meet meet up muster pack press team team up thring throng thrutch build collect

Antonyms

break up disband disperse dissolve dwindle

Related words

round up coalesce

Derived words

assemblable coassemble disassemble misassemble overassemble preassemble reassemble self-assemble self-assembled self-assembling subassemble unassemble unassembled
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