assemblage
3
6.6
- 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
∞
1.0
Many people or things are close together in one place
248
2.5
A group of people who meet for a common purpose
119
3.6
An arrangement of people or things in a pattern for a purpose
92
1.9
The act of gathering things for a particular purpose
52
1.4
An act of collecting people or things into one place
20
1.0
The joining of two things to become one, like rivers or ideas
12
6.1
A group of things joined together as one whole
5
3.5
A time when people or groups join to work together
5
2.7
An event where people meet to talk and spend time together
5
3.4
A group of people, animals, or things gathered together
3
7.7
A formal group of people gathered for a meeting or ceremony
2
4.2
Bringing people together for a meeting
2
2.7
Bringing parts or people together to make one whole
1
7.8
The joining of separate parts to form one whole
1
8.6
A group of things or people gathered together
1
2.5
Putting people and things together because they are similar or have the same purpose
1
6.5
A large group of people gathered in one place
1
4.2
People coming together in one place for a common purpose
1
6.9
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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Morphology
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.