assemble
To put pieces together, or to gather in one place.
assemble in a sentence
- It took all afternoon to assemble the flat-pack wardrobe, and there were still three screws left over.
- The head teacher asked the whole school to assemble in the hall for a special announcement.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to assemble?
- Abreak
- Bseparate
- Cbuild
- Dscatter
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C: build. The other three mean the opposite of assemble.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to assemble?
- Ajoin
- Bgather
- Cscatter
- Dbuild
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C: scatter. The other three mean nearly the same as assemble.
Words that mean something similar
build, gather, join
Words that mean the opposite
scatter, separate, break
More words about movement & action
- asunder: Apart, or into pieces.
- avert: To turn away, or to stop something bad from happening.
- banish: To send someone away and forbid them from coming back.
- beckon: To wave or signal to someone to come closer.
- billow: To swell and roll like waves, especially smoke or cloth.
- bolster: To support something and make it stronger.
- brandish: To wave something around in an excited or threatening way.
- brisk: Quick and full of energy.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test