assembly
/əˈsɛmb.li/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.61 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In order to change the bearing, you must first remove the gearbox assembly."
- "Sheets of water poured over the car, making visibility all but nil. Suddenly the windshield wiper, not just the blade but the entire assembly, blew off."
- "instructions for assembly"
- "some assembly required"
- "assembly line"
- "The bogies are built up of welded sub-units which are stress-relieved before assembly by riveting."
Etymology
From Middle English assemblee, from Anglo-Norman asemblee (Old French asemblee, French assemblée). By surface analysis, assemble + -y.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: assemblee, asemblee
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈsɛmb.li/
- British English: /əˈsɛmb.lɪ/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage