Assembly

Quick meaning: Assembly is a noun meaning A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
2. A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
3. (politics) A legislative body.
4. (military) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
5. (computing) Ellipsis of assembly language.
6. (computing, 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.

Example Sentences

assembly line

school assembly

freedom of assembly

some assembly required

Word Forms

• assemblies

Synonyms for assembly

Depending on context, synonyms include church, foregathering, gathering, forum, assemblage, fabrication.

Antonyms for assembly

Common opposites include dismantling, disassembly, dismantlement.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include assemblage, fabrication, forum, gathering, collection, assemble.

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