assembling

as·sem·ble  (-smbl)

v. as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling, as·sem·bles

v.tr.

1. To bring or call together into a group or whole: assembled the jury.

2. To fit together the parts or pieces of: assemble a machine; assemble data.

v.intr.

To gather together; congregate. See Synonyms at gather.

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[Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler, from Vulgar Latin *assimulre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin simul, together; see sem-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

assembling - the act of gathering something together collecting, aggregation, collection grouping - the activity of putting things together in groups agglomeration - the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating collation - assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence compiling, compilation - the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list); "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours" gather, gathering - the act of gathering something bottle collection - the activity of collecting bottles; "bottle collection is a hobby of hers" conchology, shell collecting - the collection and study of mollusc shells coin collecting, numismatics, numismatology, coin collection - the collection and study of money (and coins in particular) pickup - the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places; "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays" philately, stamp collecting, stamp collection - the collection and study of postage stamps tax collection - the collection of taxes