assemble

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to create by putting components or members together

   I assembled my new desk.

2. 2
   verb

   to collect in one place

   We assembled in the library basement.

3. 3
   verb

   to get people together

   The plan is to assemble the team in the town square at dawn.

4. 4
   verb

   To put together.

   He assembled the model ship.

5. 5
   verb

   To gather as a group.

   The parents assembled in the school hall.

6. 6
   verb

   To translate from assembly language to machine code.

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 Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō 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…