English > assemble: 3 senses > verb 1, creation| Meaning | Create by putting components or members together. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together |
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| Narrower | compound | create by mixing or combining |
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| confect, confection, comfit | make into a confection |
| configure | Set up for a particular purpose |
| jumble, confuse, mix up | Assemble without order or sense |
| reassemble | Assemble once again, after taking something apart |
| rig up | Erect or construct, especially as a temporary measure |
| Broader | join | Cause to become joined / joined or linked |
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| make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
| Opposite | disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart | take apart into its constituent pieces |
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| Spanish | armar, concentrar, congregar, construir, ensamblar, juntar, montar |
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| Catalan | acoblar, ajuntar, armar, collar, concentrar, congregar, muntar |
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| Nouns | assemblage | a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose |
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| assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
English > assemble: 3 senses > verb 2, social| Meaning | Collect in one place. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Model | The crowds assemble in the streets |
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| Example | "We assembled in the church basement" |
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| Synonyms | meet, gather, forgather, foregather |
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| Caused by | assemble, gather, get together | get people together |
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| call | Call a meeting |
| Entailed by | adjourn, withdraw, retire | break from a meeting or gathering |
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| Narrower | caucus | meet to select a candidate or promote a policy |
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| club | Gather and spend time together |
| cluster, constellate, flock, clump | Come together as in a cluster or flock |
| congregate | Come together, usually for a purpose |
| convene | meet formally |
| converge | Move or draw together at a certain location |
| crowd, crowd together | To gather together in large numbers |
| fort, fort up | Gather in, or as if in, a fort / fort, as for protection or defense |
| group, aggroup | form a group or group together |
| hive | Move together in a hive / hive or as if in a hive / hive |
| meet | meet by design |
| turn out | Come and gather for a public event |
| Broader | interact | Act together or towards others or with others |
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| Similar to | meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see | Come together |
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| Spanish | amontonarse, armar, citar, coincidir, concentrar, congregarse, congregar, juntarse, juntar, reunirse, reunir |
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| Catalan | agrupar-se, amuntegar-se, armar, citar, coincidir, concentrar, congregar-se, congregar, juntar-se, reunir-se, reunir |
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| Nouns | assemblage | the social act of assembling |
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| assemblage | a group of persons together in one place |
