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zusammensetzen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • assemble verb To fit or put pieces together to make something whole.
  • coalesce verb To come together to form one single thing.
  • compose verb To make up or form the parts of something.
  • compound noun A fenced or walled area containing a group of buildings, often used for security or living quarters.

Senses

zusammensetzen is used for these senses in English:

  • assemble (transitive) To put together.
  • coalescence The act of coalescing.
  • compose (transitive) To make something by merging parts. [from later 15th c.]
  • compound (intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
  • gather up (transitive) To gather, assemble or collect, usually into a group or mass.
  • make up To make social or romantic advances to; to pay court to. [from 18th c.]
  • piece together To physically assemble (or reassemble) from fragments or pieces.
  • piece together (figuratively) To reconstruct an event or goal from incomplete or flawed elements.

assemble — full definition

  1. verb To fit or put pieces together to make something whole.
  2. verb To gather together as a group.

coalesce — full definition

  1. verb To come together to form one single thing.
  2. verb To form as a single whole out of separate parts.
  3. verb (engineering) To join pieces of metal by melting parts of each one and letting the melted parts set together as one piece.
  4. verb To mix together and become one, moving and blending freely.
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