{
    "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’."
}