assemble
//əˈsɛm.bəl//
Forms
- present (v1)
- assemble
- past (v2)
- assembled
- past participle (v3)
- assembled
- present participle
- assembling
- 3rd person singular
- assembles
Definitions
1.To put together.
- The handman reads copy and assembles type by hand, including straight composition, tables and display.
- He assembled the model ship.
- This micro-generation of Silicon Valley start-ups did two basic things: It put together a labor pool to deliver food or clean toilets or assemble IKEA bookshelves, and it found people who needed those things done.
2.To gather as a group.
- Thither he assembled all his train.
- The parents assembled in the school hall.
- All the men of Israel assembled themselves.
3.To translate from assembly language to machine code.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4152
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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