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 Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chinese leader Xi Jinping will skip the assembly but head to Washington for a high-level summit with Trump on Wednesday. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026 SpaceX has completed assembly of the Starship rocket slated to launch the test vehicle’s most ambitious mission to date. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026 The order also dissolved the national legislature, the country's 10 state governments and their assemblies, as well as authorities in three administrative areas. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 That facility is designed to help train the Atlas robots on tasks such as sequencing automotive parts and placing the components in the correct order for assembly. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for assembly

Recent Examples of Synonyms for assembly

Noun

For decades, the Smithsonian Institution, which draws some 15 million visitors every year to its assemblage of 21 museums — bounty that has no real global peer — has managed to stay mostly above the political fray.

— Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2026
There’s the largest assemblage of Lichtenstein mirror works ever installed together in a museum context, and a complete re-creation of his first Pop art show at Leo Castelli’s gallery uptown.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of assemblage

Noun

College Principal Robert Wafula said the training ensures the correct message is taught to congregations and has helped in other countries such as Rwanda, where the government closed 70 Quaker churches in a recent crackdown led by untrained pastors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
The American Council for Judaism was especially prominent in the South, with its more integrated Jewish communities, and brought him to the attention of the Houston congregation.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of congregation

Noun

Within a few short months of the conference, by intertwining human insight with AI scale, the decades-old mystery would collapse.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
This year’s conference will feature a moderated conversation between Obama and Peter Mallouk, the company’s president and chief financial officer.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of conference

Noun

The hues throughout the rooms are modern and warm, with touches of blues and greens that mirror the color of the city’s lake, mountains, and church rooftops.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026
San Miguel de Allende is celebrated for its thriving arts and culinary scenes, as well as Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel, the neo-Gothic church that soars above the historic city’s central plaza.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of church

Noun

Over time, biscuits and sausage gravy have become a staple, appearing at restaurants and community gatherings, along with home kitchens.

— Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
His remarks come as the wars in Gaza, regional tensions following the Iran conflict, and instability across the Middle East dominate discussions at this year’s UN gathering in New York.

— Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of gathering

Noun

The Senate Armed Services panel has requested briefings from the OSC on the Pentagon’s legal authority to take equity, people familiar with the talks said.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Within 45 seconds, all but the base slowly rotates and expands to disclose its true nature, a five-panel 4K MicroLED monument to form and function—the C Seed Bugatti N1 entertainment system.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of panel

Noun

Every chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society is afforded the opportunity to compete against other groups, both in district and international conventions.

— Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Many in competitive races skipped his convention, and in recent weeks some have broken with him on data centers and the payout pitch.

— Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026