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to preassemble

to preassemble

1 4.6
To put parts together before they are needed or installed
  • verb
  • /priːəˈsɛmbəl/
translation icon : preensamblar
  • For example, give the student a picture of a cat and the preassembled letters with the choices of c or n on individual letter cubes, or a picture of a dish with preassembled cubes and the letter choices s, t, and h.
  • comes preassembled

Examples

  • In order to provide the student with a visual cue of which task to complete, objects can be preassembled into two to three of the same colored cubes/links.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Priced at $49,900, eCell ships preassembled and ready for immediate use.

    Academic text (2007)

  • EMMA Huh, ha, you don't build Barbie boats, they come preassembled.

    June, Adrift (2014)

  • What would you be concerned about if the plane came in separate sections that could be preassembled and then loaded or slid into place just before takeoff?

    Academic text (2007)

  • Triple-thickness cardboard can either be obtained preassembled, as "triwall" from box companies, or made by gluing sheets of cardboard together.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Another activity is to pair Unifix cubes with pictures and have students add beginning or ending sounds to preassembled word parts (K-Grade 1 Phonics and Word Recognition PWR CCSS).

    Academic text (2013)

  • To make the project easier, we decided to preassemble the parts before the actual installation.

  • The company offers preassembled furniture that requires no tools for assembly.

  • Before the event, they chose to preassemble all decorations to save time on the day itself.

Synonyms

to put together
vsto preassemble
988 2.8

To make something by joining parts, like a model, plan or team

is done ahead of time for later use rather than as immediate creation
to construct
vsto preassemble
201 3.5

To build something by joining parts or materials

is done earlier for later use rather than made gradually at the location
to assemble
vsto preassemble
169 2.9

To put parts together to make something like a machine or toy

is joining parts earlier for later use rather than joining them when needed
to prefabricate
vsto preassemble
  • Specialized
4 5.9

To make parts in a factory so they can be put together later

is making components earlier for later use rather than making them on site
to pre-manufacture
vsto preassemble
  • Specialized
6.4

To make parts in a factory before they are needed

is producing earlier for later use rather than producing when needed

Antonyms

to disassemble
19 3.8

To take something apart into separate pieces

How Assembled

to preassemble
1 4.6
to assemble
169 2.9

Surface Forms

preassemble infinitive
preassembled past
preassembled past participle
preassembling present participle
preassembles third person singular

Morphology

preassemble = assemble (transparent) = pre + assemble

The meaning is directly predictable as 'assemble beforehand' using the productive prefix 'pre-'.

Etymology

Preassemble breaks into pre- meaning 'before' and assemble meaning 'to put together', like the pre- in prepare. So, to preassemble is to put parts together in advance, before they are needed.