What does assemble mean?

assemble means "create by putting components or members together". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in assemble?

assemble has 3 syllables: as-sem-ble. The stress falls on "sem". In IPA it is /əˈsɛmbəl/.

What is another word for assemble?

Close synonyms include piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of assemble?

The recorded antonyms are disassemble.

Is assemble a common word?

assemble is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with assemble?

3 words rhyme with assemble. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

assemble — meaning, pronunciation and 3 definitions

verb

3 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
create by putting components or members together
“She pieced a quilt”
“He tacked together some verses”
“They set up a committee”
Synonymspiece put together set up tack tack together
Antonymsdisassemble
Broaderjoin make
Narrowerconfect jumble reassemble configure compound rig up
2.
collect in one place
“We assembled in the church basement”
“Let's gather in the dining room”
Synonymsmeet gather forgather foregather
Broaderinteract
Narrowergroup meet congregate hive fort convene cluster crowd converge turn out
3.
get people together
“assemble your colleagues”
“get together all those who are interested in the project”
“gather the close family members”
Synonymsgather get together
Narrowermake

Other forms of assemble

past tense: assembled·
present participle: assembling·
third person: assembles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about assemble

What does assemble mean?: assemble means "create by putting components or members together". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in assemble?: assemble has 3 syllables: as-sem-ble. The stress falls on "sem". In IPA it is /əˈsɛmbəl/.
What is another word for assemble?: Close synonyms include piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
What is the opposite of assemble?: The recorded antonyms are disassemble.
Is assemble a common word?: assemble is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with assemble?: 3 words rhyme with assemble. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for assemble come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

verb

3 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
create by putting components or members together
“She pieced a quilt”
“He tacked together some verses”
“They set up a committee”
Synonymspiece put together set up tack tack together
Antonymsdisassemble
Broaderjoin make
Narrowerconfect jumble reassemble configure compound rig up
2.
collect in one place
“We assembled in the church basement”
“Let's gather in the dining room”
Synonymsmeet gather forgather foregather
Broaderinteract
Narrowergroup meet congregate hive fort convene cluster crowd converge turn out
3.
get people together
“assemble your colleagues”
“get together all those who are interested in the project”
“gather the close family members”
Synonymsgather get together
Narrowermake

Other forms of assemble

past tense: assembled·
present participle: assembling·
third person: assembles·

Questions about assemble

What does assemble mean?: assemble means "create by putting components or members together". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in assemble?: assemble has 3 syllables: as-sem-ble. The stress falls on "sem". In IPA it is /əˈsɛmbəl/.
What is another word for assemble?: Close synonyms include piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
What is the opposite of assemble?: The recorded antonyms are disassemble.
Is assemble a common word?: assemble is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with assemble?: 3 words rhyme with assemble. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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