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Definitions for: Assemblage
[n] the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly"
[n] a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
[n]
[n] a group of persons together in one place
Webster (1913) Definition: As*sem"blage, n. [Cf. F. assemblage. See
Assemble.]
1. The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled;
association.
In sweet assemblage every blooming grace. --Fenton.
2. A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of
particular things; as, a political assemblage; an
assemblage of ideas.
Syn: Company; group; collection; concourse; gathering;
meeting; convention.
Usage: Assemblage, Assembly. An assembly consists only of
persons; an assemblage may be composed of things as
well as persons, as, an assemblage of incoherent
objects. Nor is every assemblage of persons an
assembly; since the latter term denotes a body who
have met, and are acting, in concert for some common
end, such as to hear, to deliberate, to unite in
music, dancing, etc. An assemblage of skaters on a
lake, or of horse jockeys at a race course, is not an
assembly, but might be turned into one by collecting
into a body with a view to discuss and decide as to
some object of common interest.
Synonyms: accumulation, aggregation, assembly, collection, gathering, gathering, hookup
Antonyms: disassembly, dismantlement, dismantling
See Also: agglomeration, armamentarium, arms, art collection, assembly, audience, backlog, battery, bevy, biology, biota, block, body, book, bottle collection, building, bunch, bundle, caboodle, calling together, camp, carload, cast, cast of characters, category, class, coin collection, combination, coming together, commune, community, concentration, concourse, congregating, congregation, congregation, content, contingent, convening, convention, convocation, convocation, corpus, cortege, covey, crew, crowd, cumulus, deal, defence, defense, defense lawyers, defense team, dramatis personae, eightsome, ensemble, entourage, Europe, fair, family, fauna, fivesome, floor, form, foursome, Free World, gang, gimmickry, grade, group, group action, grouping, hand, heap, implements of war, job lot, Judaica, kludge, library, long suit, lot, mass, mass meeting, meeting, meeting, mobilisation, mobilization, mound, multitude, municipality, munition, muster, mythology, octet, octette, pack, package, packet, pair, pantheon, parcel, petting zoo, pharmacopoeia, pile, planting, population, program library, prosecution, quartet, quartette, quintet, quintette, quorum, rally, rap group, rave-up, retinue, room, rule book, septet, septette, set, sevensome, sextet, sextette, signage, sixsome, social affair, social gathering, social group, stamp collection, statuary, string, subroutine library, suite, sum, sum total, summation, system, table, tenantry, Third World, threesome, throng, tout ensemble, triad, trinity, trio, turnout, universe, Victoriana, wardrobe, weaponry, weapons system, wine tasing, year
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