verb

assemble

uh-SEHM-buhl

verb

To fit or put pieces together to make something whole.

"It took an hour to assemble the flat-pack wardrobe."

"Workers assemble the cars on a long production line."

To gather together as a group.

"The whole school assembled in the hall for the announcement."

How to Use Assemble

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo bring parts or people together into one whole or one place.

Common pairings

assemble a team assemble furniture assemble the troops

assembled past tense, assembles singular

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It took an hour to _____ the flat-pack wardrobe.

From Old French assembler, from Medieval Latin assimulare ("to bring together"), from ad- plus similis ("alike") — a doublet of "assimilate".

construct produce put together begather round up congregate congress crowd fall in with forgather flock gather

break up disband disperse dissolve dwindle

abate accumulate create crew graft break build found

tremble resemble ensemble reassemble disassemble

construct produce put together begather round up congregate congress crowd fall in with forgather flock gather