as·sem·blage ( -s m bl j)n. 1. a. The act of assembling. b. The state of being assembled. 2. A collection of people or things; a gathering. 3. A collection of items from a single datable component of an archaeological site. 4. A fitting together of parts, as those in a machine. 5. A sculptural composition consisting of an arrangement of miscellaneous objects or found materials. as·sem blag·ist n. |
assemblage [əˈsɛmblɪdʒ]
n
1. a number of things or persons assembled together; collection; assembly
2. (Cookery) a list of dishes served at a meal or the dishes themselves
3. the act or process of assembling or the state of being assembled
4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a three-dimensional work of art that combines various objects into an integrated whole
| assemblage (-smblj) A collection of artifacts from a single datable component of an archaeological site. Depending on the site and culture, an assemblage may be associated with a single limited activity, as with stone tools found at a butchering site, or may reflect a broad range of cultural life, as with artifacts found in a communal living site. |
Assemblage a collection of individuals or things; a number of persons gathered together, a gathering. See also assembly, cluster, collection, concourse, group.
Examples: assemblage of all ages and nations, 1741; of grace; of ideas, 1704; of mighty heroes, 1877; of ladies, 1809; of rocks, 1748; of skaters.
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| Noun | 1. |  assemblage - a group of persons together in one placesocial group - people sharing some social relation building - the occupants of a building; "the entire building complained about the noise" carload - a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile contingent - a gathering of persons representative of some larger group; "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics" floor - the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat" pair - two people considered as a unit room - the people who are present in a room; "the whole room was cheering" turnout - the group that gathers together for a particular occasion; "a large turnout for the meeting" foursome, quartette, quartet - four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m." assembly - a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose crowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" audience - a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough" community - a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community" municipality - people living in a town or city having local self-government grade, class, course, form - a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" year, class - a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High" social affair, social gathering - a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship group meeting, meeting - a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" covey - a small collection of people quorum - a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business mass meeting, rally - a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm commune - a body of people or families living together and sharing everything convocation - a group gathered in response to a summons fair - gathering of producers to promote business; "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair" bevy - a large gathering of people of a particular type; "he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire"; "a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him" camp - a group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake" muster - a gathering of military personnel for duty; "he was thrown in the brig for missing muster" rap group - a gathering of people holding a rap session rave-up - a raucous gathering table - a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game; "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks" wine tasting - a gathering of people to taste and compare different wines |
| 2. | assemblage - a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer" | |
| 3. | assemblage - the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly" group action - action taken by a group of people mobilisation, mobilization - act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action; "mobilization of the country's economic resources" calling together, convocation - the act of convoking coming together, meeting - the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day" congregating, congregation - the act of congregating convening, convention - the act of convening concentration - bringing together military forces | |
| 4. |  assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a wholeprocession - the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden" pharmacopoeia - a collection or stock of drugs string - a collection of objects threaded on a single strand wardrobe - collection of clothing belonging to one person wardrobe - collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company universe, population - (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population" armamentarium - the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine art collection - a collection of art works backlog - an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services) battery - a collection of related things intended for use together; "took a battery of achievement tests" block - a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit; "he reserved a large block of seats"; "he held a large block of the company's stock" rule book, book - a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here" book - a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game bottle collection - a collection of bottles; "her bottle collection is arranged on glass shelves in the window" coin collection - a collection of coins collage - any collection of diverse things; "a collage of memories" content - everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content" tout ensemble, ensemble - an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole corpus - a collection of writings; "he edited the Hemingway corpus" crop - a collection of people or things appearing together; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas" tenantry - tenants of an estate considered as a group findings - a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes flagging - flagstones collectively; "there was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place" flinders - bits and splinters and fragments; "it would have shattered in flinders long before it did that damage" pack - a complete collection of similar things deal, hand - the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" long suit - in a hand, the suit having the most cards herbarium - a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study stamp collection - a collection of stamps statuary - statues collectively sum total, summation, sum - the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered" agglomeration - a jumbled collection or mass gimmickry - a collection of gimmicks nuclear club - the nations possessing nuclear weapons cumulation, heap, pile, agglomerate, cumulus, mound - a collection of objects laid on top of each other mass - an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people) combination - a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities congregation - an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together; "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over" hit parade - a collection of the best or most popular people or items of a given kind Judaica - historical and literary materials relating to Judaism kludge - a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together) |
assemblage
noun group, company, meeting, body, crowd, collection, mass, gathering, rally, assembly, flock, congregation, accumulation, multitude, throng, hui (N.Z.), conclave, aggregation, convocation an assemblage of German officers
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