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{
"term": "assemble",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "assemble",
"heSheIt": "assembles"
},
"pastSimple": "assembled",
"pastParticiple": "assembled",
"ingForm": "assembling"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to come together as a group; to bring people or things together as a group",
"sensetop": "assemble something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "All the students were asked to assemble in the main hall."
},
{
"text": "She then addressed the **assembled company** *(= all the people there)*."
},
{
"text": "to assemble evidence/data",
"contextForm": "assemble something"
},
{
"text": "The manager has assembled a world-class team."
},
{
"text": "He tried to assemble his thoughts."
},
{
"text": "We had assembled for the first rehearsal."
},
{
"text": "the force that permits atoms to assemble into molecules"
},
{
"text": "The French began to assemble an army."
},
{
"text": "a hastily assembled force of warriors"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "hastily", "quickly"],
"verb + assemble": ["begin to", "manage to", "be easy to"],
"preposition": ["for", "into"],
"phrases": ["fully assembled", "partially assembled"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to fit together all the separate parts of something, for example a piece of furniture",
"sensetop": "assemble something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The shelves are easy to assemble."
},
{
"text": "The company assembles vehicles for Renault and Toyota."
},
{
"text": "The shelves are available in kit form or fully assembled."
}
],
"topics": ["Business", "Buildings"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "hastily", "quickly"],
"verb + assemble": ["begin to", "manage to", "be easy to"],
"preposition": ["for", "into"],
"phrases": ["fully assembled", "partially assembled"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈsembl/",
"audio": "as/assemble/assemble__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈsemblz/",
"audio": "as/assemble/assembles__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈsembld/",
"audio": "as/assemble/assembled__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈsemblɪŋ/",
"audio": "as/assemble/assembling__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈsembl/",
"audio": "as/assemble/assemble__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈsemblz/",
"audio": "as/assemble/assembles__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈsembld/",
"audio": "as/assemble/assembled__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈsemblɪŋ/",
"audio": "as/assemble/assembling__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French asembler, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + simul ‘together’."
}