- (also Assembly)[countable] a group of people who have been elected to meet together regularly and make decisions or laws for a particular region or country
- state/legislative/federal/local assemblies
- Power has been handed over to provincial and regional assemblies.
- The national assembly has voted to adopt the budget.
- the California Assembly
- the UN General Assembly
- assembly elections
- an elected assembly
Extra Examples- South Korea voted for its National Assembly this week.
- The assembly voted to delay the legislation to allow further consultation to take place.
- These issues have been discussed in the local assemblies.
- The party has only 3 seats in the 51-seat National Assembly.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- elected
- representative
- constitutional
- …
- create
- form
- set up
- …
- meet
- vote
- member
- seat
- building
- …
- in an/the assembly
- a meeting of the assembly
- a session of the assembly
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- [uncountable, countable] the meeting together of a group of people for a particular purpose; a group of people who meet together for a particular purpose
- They were fighting for freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.
- He was to address a public assembly on the issue.
- an assembly point (= a place where people have been asked to meet)
Extra Examples- They demanded the right to hold peaceful assemblies.
- When the fire alarm sounds, leave the building and proceed to your assembly point.
- Laws governing freedom of assembly were gradually being relaxed.
- Workers rushed to their designated assembly points.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- public
- peaceful
- unlawful
- …
- hold
- call
- point
- freedom of assembly
- the right of assembly
- [countable, uncountable] a meeting of the teachers and students in a school, usually at the start of the day, to give information, discuss school events or say prayers together
- The deputy head was taking (= leading) school assembly that day.
Extra Examples- The announcement was made during morning assembly.
- We hold an assembly every morning.
- I'm playing the flute in assembly tomorrow morning.
- There is a whole school assembly every Friday morning.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- school
- morning
- have
- hold
- attend
- …
- hall
- at assembly
- during assembly
- in assembly
- …
- [uncountable] the process of putting together the parts of something such as a vehicle or piece of furniture
- Putting the bookcase together should be a simple assembly job.
- a car assembly plant
- the correct assembly of the parts
Extra Examples- Some assembly is required.
- The company has twenty assembly plants in Europe.
- This factory deals with final assembly and testing.
- furniture designed for home assembly
- Some assembly of the equipment is required.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- easy
- final
- require
- line
- area
- plant
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French asemblee, feminine past participle of asembler, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + simul ‘together’.
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