# assemble

Pronunciation: say "uh-SEM-buhl" /əˈsɛm.bəl/

## Verb

1. To put parts or components together to form a complete whole.
   - Simple: To put parts together to make a whole.
   - _The workers assemble each engine by hand on the factory line._
   - _He carefully assembled the wardrobe from the flat-pack box._
2. To gather together in one place as a group.
   - Simple: To come together in one place as a group.
   - _Protesters assemble in the square each weekend to voice their demands._
   - _The committee assembled to discuss the new budget._
3. To translate instructions from assembly language into machine code that a processor can execute.
   - Simple: To turn code written in assembly language into the machine code a computer runs.
   - _The build system will assemble each module before linking them together._
   - _Engineers assembled the routine and loaded it into memory._

## Origin

It comes from Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler, from Medieval Latin assimulāre ("to bring together"), formed from ad- plus simulō ("copy, imitate") and ultimately from similis ("like, similar"), tracing back to Proto-Indo-European *sem- ("together, one"). It is a doublet of assimilate.

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