n. (pl. -ies)
1. the act or an instance of assembling or gathering together.
2 a a group of persons gathered together, esp. as a deliberative body or a legislative council. b a gathering of the entire members of a school.
3 the assembling of a machine or structure or its parts.
4 Mil. a call to assemble, given by drum or bugle.
Phrases and idioms:
assembly language Computing the low-level symbolic code converted by an assembler. assembly line machinery arranged in stages by which a product is progressively assembled. assembly room (or shop) a place where a machine or its components are assembled. assembly rooms public rooms in which meetings or social functions are held.
Etymology: ME f. OF asemblee fem. past part. of asembler: see ASSEMBLE