assembly
- noun
- /əˈsɛmblɪ/
- And I could not survive my teenage years without school assemblies, quite literally.
- freedom of assembly
- peaceful assembly
- organize an assembly
That night was like the awards assembly for our school.
- That night was like the awards assembly for our school.
- And they have a couple of assemblies, Boulet and the Ecclesia.
- So we have deities within this assembly representing the natural world.
- When you're speaker, the Assembly is the people's house.
- She gave a whole assembly about how footballers shouldn't hug.
- We're part of Jimmy B's assembly in the new direction.
- I renounce my school, he continued As an assembly of hypocrites and murderers.
- They have they they they have an assembly of nobles which is called the Curl tie.
- So Kirsten, what do you most hope we do at the Assembly and what comes out of it?
- He's one of the expert leads for this Climate Assembly and he's going to speak to you now.
- All states were equal and could cast a single vote on Assembly matters.
- And Telemachus, Odysseus's son, speaks at the assembly.
- Parties, assemblies, Circle Jerks of last moments.
- It is literally a calling or a gathering together, an assembly.
Examples
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She gave a whole assembly about how footballers shouldn't hug.
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During the assembly, the principal addressed the entire student body about safety measures.
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That night was like the awards assembly for our school.
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There must be an assembly of people, right?
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It's a great assembly today.
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Your friends at the school conducted a little assembly today.
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We had an assembly down there for the whole neighborhood.
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We visited the school for an assembly.
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Experiences with authors, volunteer activities, and organizing school assemblies help our students grow.
Academic text (2013) -
We had real singing in schools: in classrooms, in assemblies, and in ceremonies.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
A group of people who come together for a planned purpose or to be social
A large meeting where people with the same job or interest gather
A formal meeting where people discuss and share information
Many people or things are close together in one place
A group of people who meet to discuss and make decisions about a town or organization
A large public meeting to support an idea or group
A meeting of people for a social or special purpose
A small informal meeting for people to talk and spend time together
A formal gathering where people talk about work or company matters
A formal meeting of people who discuss and decide important things
A planned time when several people come together to talk about something
A group of people, animals, or things gathered together
An event where people meet to talk and spend time together
A group of representatives who make and change laws for a state or organization
A group of people gathered for a common purpose, like at a meeting
A formal group of people gathered for a meeting or ceremony
A large public gathering where people meet to support or protest a cause
A group of people who meet for religious worship or public events
A meeting of people to discuss and decide important matters
A meeting where people come together for social or religious reasons
A formal meeting where members discuss and vote on issues
A group of people who meet to pray and talk about their religion
Antonyms
Compounds
A group of representatives from every United Nations country where each country has one vote
- Formal
A group of representatives who make and change laws for a state or organization
- Formal
The right to meet peacefully with other people to express views, for example to protest
A large room in a school or community centre where people gather for meetings and events
- Specialized
A computer language that tells a computer's hardware what to do and works for one kind of computer
- Formal
A group of elected people who make and change laws for a country or region
- Specialized
A computer tool that translates assembly language into code the computer can run
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Assembly comes from an old Latin root simul meaning 'together' and the word assemble meaning 'to bring together'. So an assembly is a group of people brought 'together' for a meeting or a common purpose.