History
History
Synonyms
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US
Meaning:
assembly

a group of people who have come together for a particular purpose

congregation

audience

a gathering to see a play, hear a speaker, singer etc

group observing an entertainment or sporting event

batch

a number of people or things receiving attention as a group

group of same objects

bunch

a collection of the same fruit etc growing together

collection of something

call-up

call somebody up

gathering

cluster

a group of things of the same kind growing closely together

group of something

collection

(an instance of) collecting things

group, accumulation

company

the state of being together with another or others

crowd of people

congregation

a group of people (especially taking part in religious worship)

assembled group, especially concerned with church-going

convention

a confidence of members of a business, club, political party etc

conference

crew

all the people working a boat, ship or plane; all these except the officers

group working together

gaggle

a flock ( = group) (of geese)

group, assortment

gang

a number of workmen or prisoner working together; a group of criminals

group, mob of people

get-together

to meet e.g. for a discussion or social reason

gathering, conference

group

a number of people or things gathered or placed together, or naturally associated

number of individuals collectively

heap

a number (of things), mass (of material), piled up; a large quantity

pile, accumulation

herd

a number of animals, especially cattle, feeding or going about together

large group

interface

an edge, point of contact, shared between two things; an apparatus used to join two different computer parts

link, connection

junction

(an instance of) joining or being joined

connection

mass

of, for, very many people; a lump, quantity of matter, without regular shape; the main religious service (in the Roman Catholic Church)

body of matter; considerable portion

meeting

a coming together of a number of people at a certain time and place, especially for discussion

gathering, conference

million

(of) one thousand thousand (1 000 000)

heap

mob

a disorganized crowd, especially one that has gathered to make trouble or attack; a gang of criminals

large group of people

mortise

a shaped hole cut in a piece of wood to receive the end of another piece (the tenon)

link, connection

multiplicity

a large variety or number

heap

multitude

a large number (especially of people gathered together); the ordinary people

large group

muster

to collect or gather (people, support etc) together

gathering

parliament

a supreme law-making assembly (in GB the House of Commons and the House of Lords)

legislature

pile

a number of things lying one on another; a large amount (of money)

heap, collection

piles

haemorrhoids

heap, collection

quintet

(a piece of music for) five players or singers

collection

rally

a large public gathering for a political or social cause; (in tennis) an exchange of several strokes

celebratory meeting

reams

a great quantity (of writing)

heap

salon

a meeting of fashionable, intelligent etc people at the house of a rich and famous lady (especially in Paris)

gathering room

sitin

(of workers, students etc) to sit down in a factory, building etc and refuse to leave (as a protest)

congregation

slew

of slay

heap

stack

a pile of (hay, straw etc) for storage in the open; a pile or heap (of books, papers, wood etc); a large amount; a part of the memory where information is stored for a short time (and where only the last item can be looked at)

pile

throng

a large crowd

large crowd

trillion

(GB) one million million million; (US) one million million

heap

troop

a group of people or animals, especially when moving; to move as a group

military

unit

a single person, thing or group regarded as complete; an amount used as a standard of measurement

whole

ASSEMBLAGE as in Wiktionary
ASSEMBLAGE as in Wikipedia