name · noun · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/əˈsɛmb.lɪ/
US:/əˈsɛmb.li/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:AH0 S EH1 M B L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
The lower legislative body of each of a number of states of the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: government, politics
Examples
Nevada Assembly
New York State Assembly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
In order to change the bearing, you must first remove the gearbox assembly.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
instructions for assembly
some assembly required
assembly line
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 4
A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
school assembly
freedom of assembly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gathering
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A legislative body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
Examples
the General Assembly of the United Nations
New York State Assembly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
Ellipsis of assembly language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 8
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract