assemble

See also assemblé

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler (“to assemble”), from Medieval Latin assimulare (“to bring together”), from ad- + simul (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sōm-, *som- (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, whole”). Cognate with Old English samnian (“to bring together, assemble”). More at sam.

Verb

assemble (third-person singular simple present assembles, present participle assembling, simple past and past participle assembled)

1. (transitive) To put together.

   He assembled the model ship.

2. (intransitive) To gather as a group.

   The parents assembled in the school hall.

3. (computing) to translate from assembly language to machine code

Translations

to put together

Bulgarian: сглобявам (bg), монтирам (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 收集 (zh) (shōují) Dutch: in elkaar zetten Finnish: koota (fi) French: assembler (fr), rassembler (fr) German: zusammensetzen (de), versammeln (de) Hebrew: אסף (he) (asáf) Hungarian: összerak (hu), összeállít (hu), összeszerel (hu)

Italian: assemblare (it), montare (it), mettere insieme Japanese: 集める (ja) (あつめる, atsumeru) Polish: montować Russian: собирать (ru) (sobirát') impf., собрать (ru) (sobrát') pf., монтировать (ru) (montírovat') Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: са̀ставити (sh) Roman: sàstaviti (sh) Spanish: ensamblar (es), construir (es), montar (es)

to gather as a group

Bulgarian: свиквам (bg), събирам се (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 聚集 (zh) (jùjí) Czech: shromáždit se Dutch: samenkomen, zich verzamelen Finnish: kokoontua (fi) French: se rassembler (fr) German: sich versammeln (de), zusammenkommen (de)

Hebrew: התאסף (he) (hit'aséf), כנס (he) (kanás) Hungarian: összegyűlik (hu), egybegyűlik (hu) Italian: riunire (it), riunirsi (it), adunare (it), adunarsi (it), Japanese: 集まる (ja) (あつまる, atsumaru) Polish: zbierać się (pl), gromadzić się (pl) Russian: собираться (ru) (sobirát'sja) impf., собраться (ru) (sobrát'sja) pf. Spanish: reunir (es), juntar (es)

computing: to translate from assembly language to machine code

Icelandic: smala (is)

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French: assembler (1), se rassembler (2) Nahuatl: centalia Serbo-Croatian: sklopiti, montirati

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Verb

assemble

1. first-person singular present indicative of assembler
2. third-person singular present indicative of assembler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of assembler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of assembler
5. second-person singular imperative of assembler