assemble

Pronunciation: /əˈsɛm.bəl/

The English word “assemble” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

To put together.
To gather as a group.
To translate from assembly language to machine code.

Etymology

From Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler (“to assemble”), from Medieval Latin assimulāre (“to bring together”), from ad- + simulō (“copy, imitate”), from similis (“like, similar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Doublet of assimilate.

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