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Another word for assembly

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Noun

  1. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together

      1. A collection of items from a single datable component of an archaeological site.
      2. A form of art involving the assembly and arrangement of unrelated objects, parts, and materials in a kind of sculptured collage
      3. A group of persons or things gathered together; assembly
      1. The entire material or physical structure of an organism, especially of a human or animal.
      2. A group of individuals regarded as an entity; a corporation.
      3. A number of persons, concepts, or things regarded as a group:
      1. (Mil.) A body of troops; specif., the lowest administrative unit, as of infantry, normally composed of two or more platoons and a headquarters
      2. A group associated for some purpose, as to form a commercial or industrial firm
      3. A group of persons:
      1. Any private or secret meeting
      2. A secret or confidential meeting.
      3. A meeting of family members or associates.
      1. A national or district association of Mennonite or certain other Protestant churches
      2. A national or district governing body of the Methodist Church
      3. An assembly of clerical or of clerical and lay members from a particular district in various Protestant churches.
      1. A body of assembled people or things; a gathering.
      2. A division of an order, made up of a group of monasteries
      3. (Bible) The whole body or assembly of Israelites
      1. A single meeting, as of a political party or other group.
      2. The body of Senators and Representatives during any of the two-year terms of Representatives
      3. The national legislative body of a nation, especially a republic.
      1. An assembly, often periodical, of members or delegates, as of a political, social, professional, or religious group
      2. A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom:
      3. The body of persons attending such an assembly:
      1. A clerical assembly of the Anglican Church similar to a synod but assembling only when called.
      2. A group of people convoked, especially the members of a college or university community who are assembled for a ceremony.
      3. A group that has been convoked; esp., an ecclesiastical or academic assembly
      1. A group of people united by a common characteristic, as age, interest, or vocation:
      2. A group of people attending a public function; an audience:
      3. A large number of things positioned or considered together.
      1. The act of one that gathers
      2. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
      3. (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
      1. A number of elements with similar properties, forming one of the vertical columns of the periodic table
      2. (Mathematics) A set, together with a binary associative operation, such that the set is closed under the operation, the set contains an identity element for the operation, and each element of the set has an inverse element with respect to the operation. The integers form a group under the operation of ordinary addition.
      3. A number of individuals or things considered or classed together because of similarities:
      1. A series of horse or dog races held during a period of days at a certain track
      2. An encounter between people, even accidental.
      3. The act or process or an instance of coming together; an encounter.
      1. The persons or things assembled; assemblage
      2. A gathering or collection:
      3. A gathering, especially of troops, for service, inspection, review, or roll call.
      1. An armored cavalry unit that corresponds to a company of infantry
      2. A group of soldiers.
      3. A body of soldiers
      1. An informal social gathering or meeting
      2. A meeting.
      3. (Informal) A meeting or gathering; a party or social function.
    See also:

    collect

  2. A formal assemblage of the members of a group

      1. A national or regional association, as of colleges or their athletic teams
      2. A meeting of committees from both branches of a legislature to reconcile the differences between bills passed by both branches
      3. A meeting for consultation or discussion.
      1. The two-year session of this legislature between elections of the House of Representatives.
      2. An assembly or conference; specif., a formal assembly of representatives, as from various nations or churches, to discuss problems
      3. A session of this legislature
      1. A formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates, as of a political party, fraternal society, profession, or industry.
      2. A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom:
      3. The body of persons attending such an assembly:
      1. A clerical assembly of the Anglican Church similar to a synod but assembling only when called.
      2. The district represented at such an assembly.
      3. A group that has been convoked; esp., an ecclesiastical or academic assembly
      1. The act or process or an instance of coming together; an encounter.
      2. An assembly or place of assembly for worship, esp. of Friends, or Quakers
      3. An assembly; a gathering to discuss or decide matters
    See also:

    assemble

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Another word for assembly

Noun

  1. A gathering of persons

      1. The state of being assembled.
      2. A form of art involving the assembly and arrangement of unrelated objects, parts, and materials in a kind of sculptured collage
      3. A group of persons or things gathered together; assembly
      1. The act or process or an instance of coming together; an encounter.
      2. An assembly; a gathering to discuss or decide matters
      3. A place or instance of junction or intersection.
      1. The act of associating or the state of being associated.
      2. An organization of persons having common interests, purposes, etc.; society; league
      3. A correlation or causal connection:
    See also:

    gathering

  2. The process of bringing parts together

    Antonyms:

  3. An assembled mechanism

    See also:

    device

    machine

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Sentence Examples

  • The temper of this assembly was, however, wholly different.

  • In 1801 a "plan of union" proposed by the General Association (Congregational) of Connecticut was accepted by the General Assembly, and the work of home missions in the western section of the country was prosecuted jointly.

  • The general assembly meets once a year at the time and place agreed upon and appointed by its predecessor.

  • He was a member of the New York Assembly in 1759-1769, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765, a member of the Continental Congress from 1774 until his death and as such a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and in1777-1778was a member of the first state senate.

  • The general assembly annually at its first meeting chooses one of its ministerial members as moderator.

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