noun
Meaning 1
A gathering or assembly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
assembling
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 S EH1 M B AH0 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: AH0 S EH1 M B L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of assemble
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Examples
- She worked all night assembling the bicycle, but she succeeded.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the act of gathering something together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: collection, collecting, aggregation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grouping
Narrower terms: agglomeration, collation, compilation, compiling, gather, gathering, bottle collection, conchology, shell collecting, numismatics, numismatology, coin collecting, coin collection, pickup, philately, stamp collecting, stamp collection, tax collection
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Real reading context