Phrase guide

General Assembly

name · noun · 4 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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1

name

Meaning 1

Synonym of United Nations General Assembly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: United Nations General Assembly

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Formal meeting of all members of an organization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

persons who make or amend or repeal laws

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: legislature, legislative assembly, legislative body, law-makers

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: assembly

Narrower terms: senate, Congress, United States Congress, U.S. Congress, US Congress, house, legislative council, diet, parliament, Duma

4

noun

Meaning 4

the supreme deliberative assembly of the United Nations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: deliberative assembly

History

Etymology

general + assembly: From general assembly

general + assembly

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 全體大會 /全体大会 (quántǐ dàhuì) — formal meeting of all members of an organization
  • Finnish: yleiskokous — formal meeting of all members of an organization
  • French: assemblée générale — formal meeting of all members of an organization
  • Georgian: საერთო კრება (saerto ḳreba) — formal meeting of all members of an organization
  • German: Generalversammlung — formal meeting of all members of an organization
  • Hungarian: közgyűlés — formal meeting of all members of an organization
  • Indonesian: rapat umum — formal meeting of all members of an organization
  • Romanian: adunare generală — formal meeting of all members of an organization
  • Swedish: generalförsamling — formal meeting of all members of an organization