assembly
10
3.5
- noun
- /əˈsɛm.bli/
- Specialized
:
montaje
- After checking all the parts, we finally began the assembly of the model airplane.
- assembly process
- assembly line
- assembly-line production
And so now it's more a question of assembly rather than manufacturing.
- And so now it's more a question of assembly rather than manufacturing.
- Yo, I didn't know some assembly was required.
- Katera fabricates buildings offside for final assembly on a construction side.
- And so how assembly, the amount of assembly is something as is a function.
Examples
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See our advanced Integrated Gas System, offering easy assembly and maintenance.
Academic text (1997) -
Now, even with the right standoffs, assembly of this thing was nothing short of heroic.
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The pieces required for assembly are on the river bottom.
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I am leaving you with some satisfying sounds of the assembly process.
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Delays can cause potential issues in assembly lines and other business activities.
Academic text (1990) -
Of course, the real invention wasn't the car, it was the assembly line that built it.
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That's a full day of assembly and wiring.
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The next phase was the painstaking assembly of the documentary record, comprising several components.
Academic text (2001) -
Katera fabricates buildings offside for final assembly on a construction side.
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That's right, that's-- they're starting to use the assembly line now in furniture.
Synonyms
9
3.0
Joining two things so they stay firmly together
Bringing parts or people together to make one whole
Antonyms
Compounds
53
3.9
A group of representatives from every United Nations country where each country has one vote
- Formal
4
4.9
A group of representatives who make and change laws for a state or organization
- Formal
3
3.4
The right to meet peacefully with other people to express views, for example to protest
3
2.7
A large room in a school or community centre where people gather for meetings and events
- Specialized
1
8.1
A computer language that tells a computer's hardware what to do and works for one kind of computer
- Formal
1
5.4
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 Complex
823
2.0
332
3.4
304
2.7
- Specialized
10
3.5
1
2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Assembly comes from the Latin root simul meaning 'together' and the word assemble meaning 'to put together'. So assembly can also mean the action or process of putting parts 'together'.