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`noun
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`as·sem·bly
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`: the act of connecting together the parts of something (such as a machine) : the act of
`assembling something
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`: a group of people who make and change laws for a government or organization
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`: a group of people who have gathered together
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`plural as·sem·blies
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`Full Definition of ASSEMBLY
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`: a company of persons gathered for deliberation and legislation, worship, or entertainment
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`capitalized : a legislative body; specifically : the lower house of a legislature
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`: a meeting of a student body and usually faculty for administrative, educational, or recreational
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`: a signal for troops to assemble or fall in
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`a : the fitting together of manufactured parts into a complete machine, structure, or unit of a machine
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`b : a collection of parts so assembled
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`: the translation of assembly language to machine language by an assembler
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`Examples of ASSEMBLY
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`The parts are made in this factory and then shipped to another country for assembly.
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`the New York State Assembly
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`an assembly of armed men
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`School assemblies were usually held in the cafeteria.
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`Origin of ASSEMBLY
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`Middle English assemblee, from Anglo-French, from assembler
`First Known Use: 14th century
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`Related to ASSEMBLY
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`Synonyms
`assemblage, gathering, conference, congregation, convocation, ingathering, meeting, muster
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`Other Government and Politics Terms
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`agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary,
`popular sovereignty, socialism
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`ASSEMBLY Defined for Kids
`assembly
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`noun
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`as·sem·bly
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`\(cid:1317)-(cid:590)sem-bl(cid:413)\
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`plural as·sem·blies
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`Definition of ASSEMBLY for Kids
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`: a group of people gathered together <an assembly of citizens> <a school assembly>
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`cap : a group of people who make and change laws for a government or organization
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`8/24/2015