1 to come together as a group; to bring people or things together as a group:
[V] All the students were asked to assemble in the main hall. * She then addressed the assembled company (= all the people there). * [VN] to assemble evidence / data * The manager has assembled a world-class team. * He tried to assemble his thoughts.
2 [VN] to fit together all the separate parts of sth, for example a piece of furniture:
The shelves are easy to assemble.
