assemblage

US /əˈsɛmblɪdʒ/ UK /əˈsɛmblɪdʒ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a collection or gathering of things or people

The gallery displayed an odd assemblage of found objects.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a collection or gathering... collection gathering assembly aggregation cluster accumulation group conglomeration

Opposites

dispersal scattering

Word family

Related forms assemble assembly

Etymology

From French assemblage, from assembler ('to bring together'), from Vulgar Latin assimulare, from Latin ad- ('to') + simul ('together').

assembler Old French simul Latin *sem- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

People & Society

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# assemblage

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈsɛmblɪdʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈsɛmblɪdʒ/

## Meanings
1. a collection or gathering of things or people

## Examples
- The gallery displayed an odd assemblage of found objects.

## Synonyms
- collection
- gathering
- assembly
- aggregation
- cluster
- accumulation
- group
- conglomeration

## Antonyms
- dispersal
- scattering

## Related Forms
- assemble
- assembly

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: assembler
- Root: simul
- Root: *sem-

## Etymology
From French assemblage, from assembler ('to bring together'), from Vulgar Latin assimulare, from Latin ad- ('to') + simul ('together').

## AI Etymology
Assemblage is from French assemblage, from assembler ('to bring together'), from Vulgar Latin assimulare, from Latin ad- ('to') + simul ('together'). Important recorded forms include assembler (Old French), simul (Latin), and *sem- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a collection or gathering of things or people. The wider family includes related words such as assemble and assembly.

## Topics
- People & Society

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