Thesaurus results for ASSEMBLY

assembly

noun

ə-ˈsem-blē

Definition of assembly

as in assemblage

a body of people come together in one place the usual assembly of early morning commuters waiting at the train station

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as in congregation

a body of persons gathered for religious worship the preacher addressed the assembly in somber tones

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as in meeting

a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose attendance at the awards assembly is mandatory

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Recent Examples of assembly The Ford Fathom will be built using the company's new assembly tree manufacturing process at its Louisville Assembly Plant in Kentucky. — Michele Luhn, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026 The actual assembly takes no time at all—one person can easily manage. — Alyssa Marino Williams, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2026 The nozzle assembly swung into the opening on the robot, and water began flowing through the basket and draining back out through the drain hose. — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026 Several international companies are waiting for the assembly to ratify an investment law before launching new projects in Syria. — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for assembly

Recent Examples of Synonyms for assembly

Noun

The three-dimensional assemblage, made from a clock, washboard, and figure, was replaced with a digital photograph.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Pioneering Los Angeles assemblage artist Betye Saar died Sunday, just a few days shy of her 100th birthday.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of assemblage

Noun

Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice is a nonprofit organization that works with congregations throughout Southern California to support workers’ rights.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice is a nonprofit organization that works with congregations throughout Southern California to support workers' rights.

— CBS News, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of congregation

Noun

In June, a federal judge ruled against Katherine and Garry Leach, finding that federal courts could not weigh in on how churches spend their donations, citing First Amendment protections.

— Giles Hudson, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Originally famed for the company’s organs that swelled Detroit theaters and churches, the situation became perilous after Wurlitzer and the remaining tenants all left by 1982.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of church

Noun

The talk of its future was huge though, with anticipation by the everyday user rising with hope for instant communications and exponentially easier information gathering.

— Robbie Morrison, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Alongside the citywide gallery program, ARTnews will present the Art Week NYC Hub, a gathering place for live interviews, panel discussions, artist talks, and editorial programming featuring many of the leading voices shaping today’s art world.

— News Desk, Artforum, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of gathering

Noun

Those figures conform to those generated this year by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), an advisory panel for Congress, which found that the subsidies reduced average Part D premiums by $26 a month last year and $16 this year.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
The panel encouraged the roughly 100 attendees at Farish Street Baptist Church in Jackson to make sure they’re registered to vote, help register other people to vote and turn out to vote in record numbers.

— TAYLOR VANCE, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of panel

Noun

Monsterama Con The 13th annual retro horror and sci-fi convention focuses on cinema, art, comics, literature and media with special guests, vendors, screenings and more.

— Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
In an Instagram post, Dillahunt shared footage of the pair meandering around the convention together in their masks.

— Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026