Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
ass (1)
ass (2)
ass-backward
ass kisser
assagai
assail
assailant
Assam
Assamese
assassin
assassin bug
assassinate
assassination
Assateague Island
assault
assault and battery
assault course
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

assemble

as·sem·ble [ ə sémb'l ] (past and past participle as·sem·bled, present participle as·sem·bling, 3rd person present singular as·sem·bles)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb put components together: to fit the parts of something together to make a finished whole
assembled a model

2. transitive and intransitive verb collect together: to bring people or things together, or gather together in one place
A crowd began to assemble.

[13th century. Via French assembler< assumed Vulgar Latin assimulare "put together" < Latin simul "together"]

as·sem·bled adjective

Word Key: Synonyms

See collect1.

Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft