Definitions for assembly
əˈsɛm blias·sem·b·ly

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. assemblynoun

   a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit

2. fabrication, assemblynoun

   the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

3. forum, assembly, meeting placenoun

   a public facility to meet for open discussion

4. assemblynoun

   a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose

5. assemblynoun

   a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together

6. assembly, assemblage, gatheringnoun

   the social act of assembling

   "they demanded the right of assembly"

Wiktionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. assemblynoun

   A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.

2. assemblynoun

   A congregation of people in one place for a purpose

   school assembly, freedom of assembly

3. assemblynoun

   A legislative body; e.g., the General Assembly of the United Nations.

4. assemblynoun

   A shortened or jargon form of the term assembly language.

5. assemblynoun

   In Microsoft .NET, a building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.

6. Assemblynoun

   The lower legislative body of each of a number of states of the United States, ("the Assembly").

7. Etymology: From assemblee, from asemblee (asemblee, French assemblée).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Assemblynoun

   A company met together.

   Etymology: assemblee, Fr.

   Having heard, by fame,
   Of this so noble, and so fair assembly,
   This night to meet here, they could do no less,
   Out of the great respect they bear to beauty. William Shakespeare, H. VIII.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Assemblynoun

   a company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for social entertainment

2. Assemblynoun

   a collection of inanimate objects

3. Assemblynoun

   a beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Assembly

   The Assembly demo party is a demoscene and gaming event in Finland. The main organizers of the event are Pekka Aakko and Jussi Laakkonen. The event takes place every year between late July and early August, and lasts three to four days. The most recent Assembly was held from the 2 to 5 August 2012 at Hartwall Areena in Helsinki. In the beginning of the year 2007 Assembly Winter was announced. The new winter party is a more gaming oriented event in Tampere where the summer events continues the traditions of the original demoparty in Helsinki under the name Assembly Summer. Both parties will be held once a year.

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. assembly

   The Pantheon of the mediocre.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. assembly

   In logistics, an item forming a portion of an equipment, that can be provisioned and replaced as an entity and which normally incorporates replaceable parts or groups of parts. See also component; subassembly.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. assembly

   That long roll beat of the drum by which soldiers, or armed parties, are ordered to repair to their stations. It is sometimes called the fall-in.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. assembly

   A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. assembly

   A group of schoolchildren who meet together with their teachers and other relevant school employees.

   The school assembly is a joy for many peoples.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 15, 2020  

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   assembly

   A type of legislature.

   There are many assemblies which are forms of government.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 15, 2020  

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   assembly

   A type of socialist unity government created and formed by representation from every socialist party elected to government and a proportionate number of independent socialist politicians elected to government within a country or official form of unity government united to form a unity government and each represented in the unity government cabinet to work together for the optimum health, democracy, human rights, right to life and collective shared prosperity of all people in the country or jurisdiction and focus positively on cocreating in order of the priority of optimum health, human rights, right to life, civil rights, ethical, fair, just, moral and shared prosperity for all, stability, unity government, solidarity, cohesion, animal rights, right to housing, right to education, right to parent, right to childcare, right to a standard of living, right to internet access, economic stability, financial stability, civil rights, equal rights, equal opportunities, employment rights, childrens rights, sustainable development, sustainable development goals, united partnership, multi-party working, community empowerment systems, equal distribution of income, wealth, justness and fairness across society, the country, europe and the world and contribute to the cocreation of global and national peace agreements, peace treaties, the universes truth and a fair, just and transparent system of checks and balances.

   Various countries have assembly legislatures at present.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 5, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Construction
   • Facility
   • Gathering
   • Group Action
   • Machine
   • Unit

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'assembly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1934

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'assembly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2397

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'assembly' in Nouns Frequency: #786

How to pronounce assembly?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say assembly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of assembly in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of assembly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of assembly in a Sentence

1. State John Kerry:

   The United States joins with Secretary General Almagro and others in the international community in calling on the Venezuelan government to release political prisoners, respect freedom of expression and assembly, alleviate shortages of food and medicine, and honor its own constitutional mechanisms, including a fair and timely recall referendum.

2. Meenakshi Ganguly:

   It is vitally important for the security forces to fully respect the right to peaceful assembly, and for those responsible for violence to be held to account.

3. David Kaye:

   I think there's still a risk for Modi in particular of appearing to be unable to handle sort of fundamental democratic principles like the right to peaceful assembly, the right to protest, the right to criticize and so forth, i think it'll be interesting to see if the Biden administration and other governments, who are friendly with India but are in the democratic camp, really encourage the government to take a different approach here.

4. Sean Morales-Doyle:

   By passing this bill, the state assembly has sent a clear message : if you live in the community, you should be able to vote, disenfranchising people on parole is a vestige of Jim Crow and because of the racial disparities plaguing New York State's criminal justice system, it has had an enormous impact on Black and Latino New Yorkers. We look forward to the governor putting an end to it by signing this bill into law.

5. Boris Johnson:

   The people of Northern Ireland have now been without an executive and assembly for two years and six months – put simply this is much, much too long, northern Ireland's citizens need and deserve the Executive to get up and running again as soon as possible, so that locally-accountable politicians can take decisions on the issues that really matter to local people.

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