assemble
pronunciation
How to pronounce assemble in British English:
UK [əˈsembl]
How to pronounce assemble in American English:
US [əˈsembl]
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- Verb:
- make by putting pieces together
- collect in one place
- get people together
Word Origin
- assemble
- assemble: see similar
- assemble (v.)
- early 14c., transitive and intransitive, from Old French assembler "come together, join, unite; gather" (11c.), from Latin assimulare "to make like, liken, compare; copy, imitate; feign, pretend," later "to gather together," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + simulare "to make like" (see simulation). In Middle English and in Old French it also was a euphemism for "to couple sexually." Meaning "to put parts together" in manufacturing is from 1852. Related: Assembled; assembling. Assemble together is redundant.
Example
- 1. It takes about five days to assemble an ipad .
- 2. The company is constructing a plant there to assemble construction equipment .
- 3. Indeed , they foreshadow the artist 's drive to assemble objects into auction spectaculars .
- 4. To simply assemble cars with components and technology being built in the west is one thing .
- 5. 8 / 10 Workers assemble toys on a production line at a toy factory in shantou .