assembling

Joining parts up

Assembling is the act of putting parts together to form a whole, or gathering people or things in one place.

You assemble furniture from a kit, assemble evidence for a case, or assemble a team for a project.

The workers were assembling circuit boards on the factory floor.

When people assemble, they come together as a group: Protesters began assembling outside the courthouse.

construction

building

Enclosed roofed structure

piecing together · fitting · joining · fastening · bolting · riveting · welding · soldering · interlocking · mounting

collecting

acquiring

Gaining possession of

compiling · stockpiling · aggregating · hoarding · accruing · curating · sourcing · procuring · pooling · consolidating

compilation

compiling

Gathering into unified whole

anthology · compendium · collating · bundling · packaging · sequencing · arranging · selecting · organizing · aggregating

creation

crafting

Skillful manual creation

forming · devising · fashioning · designing · prototyping · modeling · developing · formulating · configuring · synthesizing

gathering

congregation

Assembled group of worshippers

summit · conference · symposium · reunion · get-together · rally · caucus · forum · seminar · festival

manufacturing

production

Making or generating something

modules · prefabrication · mass production · automation · robotics · workstation · conveyor · quality control · specifications · tolerances

coordination

organizing

Systematically putting in order

managing · synchronizing · mobilizing · marshaling · rallying · preparing · staging · logistics · scheduling · deploying

Categories
Opposites
construction vs. deconstruction

assemblingdisassembling

Taking something apart

dismantling · taking apart · disassemble · dismantle · demolishing

gathering vs. dispersing (of people/groups)

assemblingdisbanding

Formally ending a group

dispersing · scattering · dissolving · dissipating · breaking up

organization vs. disorder

assemblingdisconnecting

Breaking an established link

disorganizing · scattering · jumbling · scrambling · fragmenting

Phrases
Family

assemblies, reassembling, disassembling, subassemblies, preassembling

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G