gather, collect, assemble, congregate mean to come or bring together into a group, mass, or unit. gather is the most general term for bringing or coming together from a spread-out or scattered state.
When people assemble or when someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting. There wasn't even a convenient place for students to assemble between classes. [VERB] Thousands of people, mainly Zulus, assembled in a stadium in Thokoza. [V + in/at]
Definition of assemble verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
as•sem•ble (ə sem′ bəl), v., -bled, -bling. v.t. to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole. to put or fit together; put together the parts of: to assemble information for a report; to assemble a toy from a kit. Computing compile (def. 4). v.i. to come together; gather; meet: We assembled in the auditorium.
1. To bring or call together into a group or whole: The bailiff assembled the jury. See Synonyms at call. 2. To fit together the parts or pieces of: assemble a machine; assemble data.
assemble (third-person singular simple present assembles, present participle assembling, simple past and past participle assembled) (transitive) To put together. quotations He assembled the model ship.
1. To bring or call together into a group or whole: The bailiff assembled the jury. See Synonyms at call. 2. To fit together the parts or pieces of: assemble a machine; assemble data.