How do you use the word "assemble" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "assemble" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "assemble": This bookcase is easy to assemble. The factory now under construction will assemble 3,000 VCR units per day.

Assemble Meaning

/əˈsɛm.bəl/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo put together.

verbTo gather as a group.

Sentence Examples

This bookcase is easy to assemble.

The factory now under construction will assemble 3,000 VCR units per day.

All the students were asked to assemble in the main hall.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

meet piece tack

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The students were told to ____ in the auditorium for an announcement.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

It took me several hours to ____ the new wooden shelf for my books.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Medieval Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo- Proto-Italic *semalis Medieval Latin similis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Medieval Latin -ō Medieval 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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The handman reads copy and assembles type by hand, including straight composition, tables and display." — 1918, The Industrial Education Survey of the City of New York, page 44:

"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." — 2019 March 6, Alexis C. Madrigal, “The Servant Economy”, in The Atlantic:

"Thither he assembled all his train." — 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

"All the men of Israel assembled themselves." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings viii:2:

"Actually, no. The scientists and scholars Heartland is assembling are not members of the gloom-and-doom chorus." — 2008 December 9, Jeff Jacoby, “Skepticism on climate change”, in The International Herald Tribune, →ISSN:

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