- an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
- a group of persons gathered together, usually for a particular purpose, whether religious, political, educational, or social.
- a legislative body, especially the lower house of the legislature in certain states of the U.S.: a bill before the assembly; the New York State Assembly.
- Military.
- a signal, as by drum or bugle, for troops to fall into ranks or otherwise assemble.
- the movement of forces, tanks, soldiers, etc., scattered by battle or battle drill, toward and into a small area.
- the putting together of complex machinery, as airplanes, from interchangeable parts of standard dimensions.
- a group of machine parts, especially one forming a self-contained, independently mounted unit.
- a number of people gathered together, esp for a formal meeting held at regular intervals
- the act of assembling or the state of being assembled
- the process of putting together a number of parts to make a machine or other product
- a group of mating components before or after fitting together
- military
- a signal for personnel to assemble, as by drum, bugle, etc
- (as modifier)
- the lower chamber in various American state legislatures
- NZ short for General Assembly
