Main Entry: as·sem·bly

Pronunciation: \ə-ˈsem-blē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural as·sem·blies

Etymology: Middle English assemblee, from Anglo-French, from assembler

Date: 14th century

1 : a company of persons gathered for deliberation and legislation, worship, or entertainment
2 capitalized : a legislative body; specifically : the lower house of a legislature
3 : a meeting of a student body and usually faculty for administrative, educational, or recreational purposes
4 a : assemblage 1 b : assemblage 2
5 : a signal for troops to assemble or fall in
6 a : the fitting together of manufactured parts into a complete machine, structure, or unit of a machine b : a collection of parts so assembled
7 : the translation of assembly language to machine language by an assembler