assembly

I

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A gathering of persons]

Syn. assemblage, meeting, association; see gathering .

2. [The process of bringing parts together]

Syn. construction, piecing together, putting together, fitting in, joining, modeling, assembling, attachment, adjustment, collection, welding, soldering, molding, fixing, setting up, manufacture.

Ant. separation*, dismantling, wrecking.

3. [An assembled mechanism]

Syn. arrangement, parts, equipment; see device 1 , machine 1 .

II

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. fitting together connection, construction, compilation, piecing together.

2. gathering mass, congregation, mustering, band, meeting, convention, crowd, multitude, mob.

ANT.: 1. disassembly, disconnection. 2. scattering, disbanding, dispersal

III

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together: assemblage, body, company, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, meeting, muster, troop. Informal: get-together. See COLLECT. 2. A formal assemblage of the members of a group: conference, congress, convention, convocation, meeting. See ASSEMBLE.