assemble

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

Also spelled assemblin

US /əˈsɛm.bəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #9567

Meanings

1

verb
To fit or put parts together to make something.

It took us an hour to assemble the new bookshelf.
2

verb
To come together as a group in one place.

The students assembled in the main hall for the announcement.
3

verb
To bring people together into a group.

The coach assembled the team for a quick talk before the match.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to fit or put parts... build

2 verb · to come together as a group... gather collect

3 verb · to bring people together... gather

More begathercongregate congress construct crowd flock forgather group herd league

Opposites

disband disperse dissolve dwindle

Word family

Forms assembledassemblesassembling

Derived forms assemblablecoassembledisassemblemisassembleoverassemblepreassemblereassembleself-assembleself-assembledself-assemblingsubassembleunassemble

Related forms coalesce

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…

*sem- Proto-Indo-European assemblen Middle English assembler Old French assimulo la-med

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# assemble

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /əˈsɛm.bəl/
**Frequency rank:** 9567

## Meanings
1. To fit or put parts together to make something.
2. To come together as a group in one place.
3. To bring people together into a group.

## Examples
- It took us an hour to assemble the new bookshelf.
- The students assembled in the main hall for the announcement.
- The coach assembled the team for a quick talk before the match.

## Synonyms
- begather
- build
- congregate
- congress
- construct
- crowd
- flock
- forgather
- gather
- group
- herd
- league

## Antonyms
- disband
- disperse
- dissolve
- dwindle

## Derived Forms
- assemblable
- coassemble
- disassemble
- misassemble
- overassemble
- preassemble
- reassemble
- self-assemble
- self-assembled
- self-assembling
- subassemble
- unassemble

## Related Forms
- coalesce

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sem-
- Root: assemblen
- Root: assembler
- Root: assimulo

## 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…

## AI Etymology
Assemble comes from Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler (“to assemble”), from Medieval Latin assimulāre (“to bring together”), from ad- plus simulō (“copy, imitate”) The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *sem-, la-med assimulo, and Proto-Indo-European *sem-. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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