assemblage
pronunciation
How to pronounce assemblage in British English:
UK [əˈsemblɪdʒ]
How to pronounce assemblage in American English:
US [əˈsemblɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- a group of persons together in one place
- a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
- the social act of assembling
- several things grouped together or considered as a whole
Word Origin
- assemblage (n.)
- c. 1704, from French assemblage "gathering, assemblage," from assembler (see assemble). Earlier English words in the same sense include assemblement, assemblance (both late 15c.).
Example
- 1. An assemblage of people or animals or things collected together .
- 2. The rough design of the rockets was smart : an assemblage of engines proved in previous missions , but updated and repurposed for future ones .
- 3. Today this discipline is called econometrics , but then the field was just an assemblage of general concepts , too new to have a textbook or even a name .
- 4. Assemblage artists create three dimensional works of art by sticking together ordinary objects in unusual ways .
- 5. " Cheers for edgar poe ! " Roared the assemblage , electrified by their president 's words .