[əˈsɛmbl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of people) gather together in one place for a common purpose
(e.g: a crowd had assembled outside the gates)

- fit together the separate component parts of (a machine or other object)
(e.g: my new machine is being assembled and my old one dismantled)

- translate (a program) from a higher-level programming language into machine code
(e.g: assemble the program and produce a file suitable to input to the simulator)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French asembler, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + simul ‘together’

[ˌasɒ̃ˈbleɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a leap in which the feet are brought together before landing


Phrases:

Origin:
French, from assembler ‘assemble, put together’