Assembly Meaning
/əˈsɛmb.lɪ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
nounThe act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
Sentence Examples
The assembly consisted of people concerned about human rights.
The assembly voted to protest against any nuclear armament.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The school held an ____ to discuss new safety rules with everyone.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The students gathered in the large hall for the morning school ____.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English assemblee, from Anglo-Norman asemblee (Old French asemblee, French assemblée). By surface analysis, assemble + -y.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Sheets of water poured over the car, making visibility all but nil. Suddenly the windshield wiper, not just the blade but the entire assembly, blew off."
— 1980 December 6, Nancy Walker, “Toodle-Oo, Doodle”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 20, page 12:
"The bogies are built up of welded sub-units which are stress-relieved before assembly by riveting."
— 1961 October, “New Metropolitan Line train sets enter service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 622:
"In a word, they were made uſe of by the immediate ſucceſſors of the Apoſtles, and many of them read in the Public Aſſemblies of Chriſtians, as Canonical Scripture, without the leaſt mark of Diſtinction, in point of Autority[…]"
— 1732, George Reynolds, A diſſertation: or, Inquiry Concerning the Canonical Autority of the Goſpel according to Mathew; […] , 2nd edition, page 4:
"They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups."
— 1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The school held an ____ to discuss new safety rules with everyone.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The students gathered in the large hall for the morning school ____.