# assembly

Pronunciation: say "uh-SEM-blee" US /əˈsɛmb.li/, UK /əˈsɛmb.lɪ/

## Noun

1. A gathering of people brought together in one place for a particular purpose.
   - Simple: A group of people who come together in one place for a shared reason.
   - _The annual assembly of delegates filled the convention hall._
   - _A small assembly gathered outside the courthouse to hear the verdict._
2. An official body of representatives, usually elected, that meets to debate and make decisions, especially laws.
   - Simple: A group of chosen people, usually elected, who meet to talk about issues and make decisions or laws.
   - _The state assembly passed the budget after a long session._
   - _Voters elect representatives to the assembly every four years._
3. The act or process of fitting separate pieces, parts, or elements together into a whole.
   - Simple: Putting separate parts together to make one finished thing.
   - _Assembly of the engine requires precise alignment of each part._
   - _Workers completed the assembly of the bookshelf in minutes._
4. A set of parts that fit and work together as a single mechanism or device.
   - Simple: A group of parts joined together to work as one machine or device.
   - _The steering assembly connects the wheel to the front axle._
   - _Engineers replaced the faulty valve assembly in the pump._
5. A gathering of students and teachers from all or part of a school, often held regularly in the morning, for announcements, talks, or worship.
   - Simple: A meeting of students and teachers from all or part of a school, often in the morning, for news, talks, or prayers.
   - _The principal announced the new lunch schedule at Monday's assembly._
   - _Every grade filed into the auditorium for a morning assembly on internet safety._
6. Short for assembly language, a low-level programming language that corresponds closely to a processor's machine code. — Ellipsis of assembly language.
   - Simple: Short form of assembly language. It names the low-level language that sits very close to a computer's own code.
   - _The driver was hand-tuned in assembly for maximum performance._
   - _Reading the compiler's output in assembly helped them spot the bug._
7. A drumbeat or bugle call used as a signal for troops to gather.
   - Simple: A drum beat or bugle call that tells soldiers to gather together.
   - _The drummer beat the assembly to call the regiment together._
   - _At the first note of the assembly, every company fell into line._

## Other meanings

- (noun) In .NET, a software building block that packages code or resources with descriptive information about its contents, identity, and version.

## Origin

Middle English assemblee was taken from Anglo-Norman asemblee; the Old French form was also asemblee, and French has assemblée. On the surface the word reads as assemble + -y.

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