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assembly
assembly AC /əˈsembli/ noun (plural assemblies)
 Word Family: noun: assembly, assemblage; verb: assemble
1. [countable] a group of people who are elected to make decisions or laws for a particular country, area, or organization:
    the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
    the speaker of the California state assembly
2. [uncountable and countable] the meeting together of a group of people for a particular purpose
    assembly of
    an assembly of reporters
    Police have imposed conditions on public assemblies.
    Restrictions on freedom of assembly have gradually been relaxed.
    an assembly point (=a place where people go in a particular situation)
3. [uncountable and countable] a regular meeting of all the teachers and students of a school
4. [uncountable] the process of putting the parts of something together:
    instructions for assembly