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Added 9 October 2026

assemble

/əˈsɛm.bəl/ verb

In Latin: coeō, conveniō Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about assemble at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Create by putting components or members together.
She pieced a quilt
Collect in one place.
We assembled in the church basement
Get people together.
assemble your colleagues

Origin

From Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler (“to assemble”), from Medieval Latin assimulāre (“to bring together”), from ad- + simulō (“copy, imitate”), from similis (“like, similar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Doublet of assimilate.

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