Betekenis van assembly In het Nederlands

• 0 a group of people, especially one that meets regularly for a particular purpose, such as government, or, more generally, the process of coming together, or the state of being together:

  • the United Nations General Assembly

  • She has been tipped as a future member of the Welsh Assembly.

  • the New York Assembly

  • The Senate and the Assembly put aside political differences to pass the aid package.

  • All pupils are expected to attend school assembly.

  • There's a religious assembly every morning.

• 1 the process of putting together the parts of a machine or structure

  • The frame needs to be strong enough to support the engine assembly.

• 2 a group of people, esp. one gathered together regularly for a particular purpose

  • [ C ] The state assembly will vote on a death penalty bill next week.

• 3 the process of putting together the parts of a machine or structure, or the thing produced by this process

• 4 the process of putting together the parts of a machine or structure:

  • Full assembly instructions are provided with these easy-to-build desk units.

  • car assembly

  • The assembly of the circuit boards is done in China.

• 5 a group of people that meets for a particular purpose, especially to govern, make laws, or discuss political questions:

  • The mayor's powers are deliberately designed to outweigh those of the London Assembly.

  • The United Nations General Assembly meets later this week.

• 6 one of the two parts of the government that makes laws in many US states:

  • The existing measure needs Assembly approval before it becomes law.