assembly

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  1. noun The act of assembling.
  2. noun The state of being assembled.
  3. noun A group of persons gathered together for a common reason, as for a legislative, religious, educational, or social purpose.

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  • Mr Morgan said the assembly was an 'agile government for fragile times' —  BBC (UK) Homepage main promotional content
  • Speaking to reporters after the assembly, Najib said, Dr Mahathir's presence at the assembly was a recognition to the new party leadership. —  Daily Express Newspaper Online
  • I notice that the children of the assembly are all CC standard parts, right? —  All Discussion Groups: Message List - root
  • Some of the leading religious officers of the province of Asia, who were friends of his, also sent messages begging him not to risk going into the theatre Some of the people shouted one thing and some another, for the assembly was all in confusion, and most of those present did not know why they had come together. —  The Children's Bible
  • Waiters, with brass buttons on their full dress coats, went from group to group, silent, unobtrusive, serving salads and ices But the focus of the assembly was the little space before Hartrath's painting. —  The Octopus : A story of California
 

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  1. from Middle English assemble, assemblaye, assemblee, from Old French assemblee, French assemblée (= Spanish asamblea = Portuguese assemblea), meeting, coming together, from assembler, meet: see assemble.
 

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