assembly
♦ as|sem|bly /əs'embli/ (assemblies)
1 [N-COUNT] usu sing
An assembly is a large group of people who meet regularly to make decisions or laws for a particular region or country.
...the campaign for the first free election to the National Assembly.
...an assembly of party members from the Russian republic.
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An assembly is a group of people gathered together for a particular purpose.
He waited until complete quiet settled on the assembly.
= gathering
3 [N-UNCOUNT] usu prep N
When you refer to rights of assembly or restrictions on assembly, you are referring to the legal right that people have to gather together. (FORMAL)
4 [N-VAR]
In a school, assembly is a gathering of all the teachers and pupils at the beginning of every school day.
By 9, the juniors are in the hall for assembly.
...a long room with a stage at one end for assemblies.
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The assembly of a machine, device, or object is the process of fitting its different parts together.
For the rest of the day, he worked on the assembly of an explosive device.as|sem|bly line (assembly lines)
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An assembly line is an arrangement of workers and machines in a factory, where each worker deals with only one part of a product. The product passes from one worker to another until it is finished.as|sem|bly plant (assembly plants)
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An assembly plant is a factory where large items such as cars are put together, usually using parts which have been made in other factories.con|stitu|ent as|sem|bly (constituent assemblies)
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A constituent assembly is a body of representatives that is elected to create or change their country's constitution.
1 [N-COUNT] usu sing
An assembly is a large group of people who meet regularly to make decisions or laws for a particular region or country.
...the campaign for the first free election to the National Assembly.
...an assembly of party members from the Russian republic.
2 [N-COUNT]
An assembly is a group of people gathered together for a particular purpose.
He waited until complete quiet settled on the assembly.
= gathering
3 [N-UNCOUNT] usu prep N
When you refer to rights of assembly or restrictions on assembly, you are referring to the legal right that people have to gather together. (FORMAL)
4 [N-VAR]
In a school, assembly is a gathering of all the teachers and pupils at the beginning of every school day.
By 9, the juniors are in the hall for assembly.
...a long room with a stage at one end for assemblies.
5 [N-UNCOUNT]
The assembly of a machine, device, or object is the process of fitting its different parts together.
For the rest of the day, he worked on the assembly of an explosive device.as|sem|bly line (assembly lines)
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An assembly line is an arrangement of workers and machines in a factory, where each worker deals with only one part of a product. The product passes from one worker to another until it is finished.as|sem|bly plant (assembly plants)
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An assembly plant is a factory where large items such as cars are put together, usually using parts which have been made in other factories.con|stitu|ent as|sem|bly (constituent assemblies)
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A constituent assembly is a body of representatives that is elected to create or change their country's constitution.