assemblage
- noun
- /əˈsɛmblɪdʒ/
- The conference drew a large assemblage of experts in the field of technology.
- a natural assemblage
- the entire assemblage
- a large assemblage
Examples
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Yet the product that results from this assemblage is not only Indian, but deeply expressive of Navajo character.
Academic text (1998) -
Puff, why don't you say a few words to the assemblage?
Fiction book (2001) -
Yes, well there was a question put to the assemblage a little while ago, which I would like very much to answer.
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So parties have always been, you know, a whole assemblage of interest groups and regions and industries.
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- As I promised, Mr Hunt, the largest assemblage ever seen in Manchester!
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And of course, there were the historians, perhaps the most important members of this assemblage.
Fiction book (1994) -
So there are a range of people who end up as speakers across this vast assemblage that is Harvard commencement.
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So I think we have a treat ahead of us, an assemblage of ideas and reflections and theories that will combine historiography with personal memory.
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Clayton sang, joined by the family, then led the entire assemblage, spilling champagne on their evening clothes in a snaking dance.
Fiction book (1996) -
"VIKTOR CHEMAYEV BIDS FOUR MILLION DOLLARS!" The assemblage began to cheer wildly, shouts of "Bravo!", fists pounding the tables, women shrieking.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
Many people or things are close together in one place
A group of people who meet for a common purpose
An arrangement of people or things in a pattern for a purpose
The act of gathering things for a particular purpose
A time when people or groups join to work together
The joining of two things to become one, like rivers or ideas
An act of collecting people or things into one place
Putting people and things together because they are similar or have the same purpose
A group of things joined together as one whole
A group of people, animals, or things gathered together
An event where people meet to talk and spend time together
A formal group of people gathered for a meeting or ceremony
The joining of separate parts to form one whole
A group of things or people gathered together
Bringing people together for a meeting
A large group of people gathered in one place
Bringing parts or people together to make one whole
People coming together in one place for a common purpose
A meeting where people come together for social or religious reasons
A group of people or organizations formed to work together for a common purpose
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Etymology
Assemblage comes from the verb assemble, meaning 'to bring together', and is like the word assembly. So an assemblage can also mean a group of people who have gathered for a purpose.