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say it: uh-SEM-blee
assembly is a noun meaning "a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit". It carries 6 recorded senses.
a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
a public facility to meet for open discussion
a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose
a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together
the social act of assembling
“they demanded the right of assembly”
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.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for assembly 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.