assemble
Other forms: assembled; assembling; assembles
To assemble means to bring together, as in people or parts. The volunteers assembled to assemble the bikes for the needy kids.
The U.S. Constitution guarantees in something in the Bill of Rights called "the right of assembly." This means that people are allowed to come together for any purpose they chose. In countries without this right, groups who assemble can be disbanded with the idea that they may be assembling a revolution.
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create by putting components or members togethersynonyms: piece, put together, set up, tack, tack togetherantonyms:disassembletake apart into its constituent piecestypes:reassembleassemble once again, after taking something apartconfigureset up for a particular purposecompoundcreate by mixing or combiningrig uperect or construct, especially as a temporary measuretype of:
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get people together“assemble your colleagues”synonyms: gather, get togethertypes:makeform by assembling individuals or constituents
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collect in one place“We assembled in the church basement”synonyms: foregather, forgather, gather, meettypes:meetmeet by design; be present at the arrival ofcongregatecome together, usually for a purposehivemove together in a hive or as if in a hiveconvenemeet formallyconvergemove or draw together at a certain locationturn outcome and gather for a public eventcaucusmeet to select a candidate or promote a policyclubgather and spend time togetherembedattach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a warpooljoin or form a pool of peoplebrigadeform or unite into a brigademeet up withmeet with by appointmentmassjoin together into a mass or collect or form a massreconvenemeet or cause to meet againsitbe in sessionovercrowdcrowd together too muchherdmove together, like a herdconcentratedraw together or meet in one common centertype of:interactact together or towards others or with others
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A thorough survey of various textbooks, assignments, content area standards, and examinations yields the following list of words compiled by Jim Burke. You cannot expect to succeed on assignments if you do not understand the directions.
Learn these words to better understand the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution ratified by Congress on December 15, 1791. Read the full text here.
This list covers some of the basic words in Shakespeare's play about the assassination of the titular Roman ruler. You can find our lists covering more difficult words here. Here are links to our lists for the play: Act I, Act II, Act III, Act IV, and Act V Here are links to our lists for other plays by William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Hamlet, King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, Othello, A Midsummer Night's Dream