📖 A — The English dictionary · page 52

assemble — Everyday, meaning 1: To assemble is to come together in one place as a group.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To assemble something is to put its parts together to build it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To assemble things can mean to collect them together.↗ Example: Please assemble in the hall at nine o'clock.↗ · During a fire drill we assemble on the playground.↗ · Dad spent hours assembling the new bookcase.↗ · We assembled a robot from a kit.↗ · The team assembled before the match.↗ · She assembled all her notes for the project.↗ · The instructions show how to assemble the toy.↗ · He assembled his fleet and all the seamen, and set out.↗ · Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.↗ (Torah GEN.49.2, JPS 1917)↗ · and assemble thou all the congregation at the door of the tent of meeting.'↗ (Torah LEV.8.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And there was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.↗ (Torah NUM.20.2, JPS 1917)↗ · For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, they came onward together.↗ (Writings PSA.48.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah.↗ (Prophets JDG.10.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; which among them hath declared these things?↗ (Prophets ISA.48.14, JPS 1917)↗

assembly — Everyday, meaning 1: Assembly is a meeting of the whole school or several classes together, often in the hall, for news, songs, stories and awards.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An assembly is a group of people who meet to make laws or decisions, like the National Assembly.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Assembly is putting the parts of something together, like flat-pack furniture or a model.↗ Example: We sang a song in assembly.↗ · Our class assembly is on Friday.↗ · The head gave out certificates in assembly.↗ · Read the assembly instructions before you build the shelf.↗ · The fire assembly point is on the playground.↗ · Cars are built on an assembly line.↗ · The Welsh Assembly met to discuss schools.↗ · Easy assembly: just two screws.↗ · The prince smiled, and turned and addressed the assembly.↗ · On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no manner of servile work; (Torah NUM.29.35, JPS 1917)↗ · But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.↗ (Torah NUM.10.7, JPS 1917)↗ · He that is crushed or maimed in his privy parts shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD.↗ (Torah DEU.23.1, JPS 1917)↗ · For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.↗ (Prophets JER.9.1, JPS 1917)↗ · Blow the horn in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly; (Prophets JOL.2.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And Jehu said: 'Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal.'↗ And they proclaimed it.↗ (Prophets 2KI.10.20, JPS 1917)↗

assent — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Agreement or permission, especially official agreement.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb, formal) To agree to something.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (law, UK) Royal Assent: the monarch's official approval that turns a bill into a law.↗ Example: She nodded her assent.↗ · The bill received Royal Assent and became law.↗ · The head teacher gave her assent to the plan.↗ · Everyone assented to the new rules of the game.↗ · Without his parents' assent, he could not join the trip.↗ · The king assented to the treaty.↗ · A murmur of assent went round the room.↗ · The Lion cheerfully assented to the proposal.↗

assert — Everyday, meaning 1: To assert something is to say firmly that it is true.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To assert yourself is to speak up and act confidently so others notice your needs or rights.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To assert your rights or power is to show and use them clearly.↗ Example: He asserted that he had done his homework.↗ · She asserted herself and asked for a turn.↗ · The scientist asserted that the earth goes round the sun.↗ · You must give reasons when you assert something.↗ · The puppy asserted itself as boss of the cat.↗ · The teacher asserted that 0.5 equals one half, and showed why.↗ · It was useless to assert his innocence; he was dismissed without ceremony.↗ · Ginsburg asserts that the system of vowel polluting was invented by a Rabbi Mocha in Palestine about a.d.↗ 570, who designed it to assist his pupils.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

asserted — Everyday, meaning 1: Asserted means said firmly that something is true.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Asserted (yourself) means acted confidently to get noticed or respected.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Asserted (rights, power) means showed and used them clearly.↗ Example: She asserted that the answer was 42.↗ · He asserted his innocence.↗ · The new captain asserted herself quickly.↗ · The king asserted his power over the land.↗ · Sam asserted that 7 × 8 is 54, but he was wrong; it is 56.↗ · The witness asserted that she saw the thief.↗

assertion — Everyday, meaning 1: An assertion is a strong statement that something is true, often without proof given.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Assertion is the act of standing up for your rights or opinions.↗ Example: His assertion that ghosts exist had no evidence.↗ · Support your assertion with facts.↗ · The teacher questioned her assertion.↗ · The assertion that the moon is made of cheese is false.↗ · Self-assertion helps you say no to bad ideas.↗ · The program checks the assertion that the total is positive.↗ · Of course the ruler of the lower world had to prove this assertion.↗

assess — Everyday, meaning 1: To judge or decide how good, big, important or serious something is.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To work out the amount or value of something.↗ Example: The teacher will assess your stories next week.↗ · First aiders assess the scene before helping.↗ · Doctors assessed his injuries.↗ · You will be assessed on your reading.↗ · Assess the risks before crossing the river.↗ · The insurer assessed the damage to the car.↗

assessment — Everyday, meaning 1: An assessment is a test or task to find out what someone knows or can do.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An assessment is a careful judgement about a situation, a risk or a value.↗ Example: We have a maths assessment on Friday.↗ · The teacher's assessment showed I need to practise fractions.↗ · The school did a risk assessment before the trip.↗ · Doctors made an assessment of her injury.↗ · Your assessment of the problem was right.↗ · The reading assessment took twenty minutes.↗

assessor — Everyday, meaning 1: A person whose job is to judge or measure how good, big or valuable something is, such as work, damage or property.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (school) Someone who checks and marks exams or coursework.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (law, money) An official who works out how much tax or insurance money is due.↗ Example: An assessor came to watch our lesson.↗ · The insurance assessor looked at the flood damage.↗ · The assessor marked our projects using a checklist.↗ · A tax assessor works out how much a house is worth.↗ · The judges and assessors met after the competition.↗ · The assessor said our playground was safe.↗ · An independent assessor checked the results.↗

asset — Everyday, meaning 1: An asset is a person or thing that is useful or valuable, that helps you.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (money) Assets are things a person or company owns that are worth money, such as houses, land, savings or machines.↗ Example: Tom is a real asset to the school choir.↗ · Her kindness is her greatest asset.↗ · A good memory is an asset in exams.↗ · The company's assets include three shops and a lorry.↗ · The family's main asset is their house.↗ · The game designer made new assets for the level.↗ · A calm head is an asset in an emergency.↗

assets — Everyday, meaning 1: (money) Things a person or company owns that are worth money, like a house, savings or machines.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A useful quality, skill or person: «She is an asset to the team».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (computing) Files like pictures and sounds used in a game or app.↗ Example: The company's assets include three factories.↗ · Her kindness is one of her best assets.↗ · He's a real asset to the football team.↗ · We added sound assets to our game.↗ · A house is a big asset.↗ · They had to sell their assets to pay the debt.↗

assign — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: To give someone a task or a share, or to say that something belongs to a person, place or group.↗ Example: 'Speak to the children of Israel, saying: Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spoke unto you by the hand of Moses; (Prophets JOS.20.2, JPS 1917)↗

assigned — Everyday, meaning 1: Assigned means given as a job or task to someone: «the homework assigned by the teacher».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Assigned means put in a certain place or group: «your assigned seat».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In maths, a value is assigned to a letter when we say what number it stands for.↗ Example: The teacher assigned us a page of sums.↗ · Each pupil was assigned a partner.↗ · Please sit in your assigned seat.↗ · 24 children were assigned to 4 groups equally; how many in each group?↗ · The value 7 was assigned to the letter n.↗ · Mum assigned me the job of feeding the cat.↗ · A place in his palace was assigned to him by Zeus, who employed him to carry his thunder and lightning.↗ · God has carried these through waters, He has borne them aloft through fire, and He has stamped them in the storms of the air; He has distributed them among the seven stars, and has assigned them to twelve celestial constellations.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · And it came to pass, when Joab kept watch upon the city, that he assigned Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men were.↗ (Prophets 2SA.11.16, JPS 1917)↗

assignment — Everyday, meaning 1: An assignment is a piece of work a teacher gives you to do, often at home or over several days.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A job or task someone is given at work.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) Giving something to someone or putting it in a place: the assignment of seats.↗ Example: Our science assignment is about volcanoes.↗ · Hand in your assignments on Friday.↗ · The reporter was on assignment in Kenya.↗ · The spy accepted a dangerous assignment.↗ · I finished the maths assignment early.↗ · The assignment of tables was done by drawing names.↗

assimilate — Everyday, meaning 1: To take in and understand new information fully.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To become part of a new group or country, taking on its ways (or to make someone do so).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) To take in food or nutrients and make them part of the body.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To sort or group things, such as stories, by putting them into a type or class.↗ Example: It takes time to assimilate so many new facts.↗ · The family assimilated into life in Canada.↗ · Plants assimilate carbon dioxide.↗ · She quickly assimilated the rules of cricket.↗ · Forcing people to assimilate can harm their culture.↗ · The body assimilates vitamins from food.↗

assist — Everyday, meaning 1: To help someone do something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (sport) A pass that helps a teammate score; the player who passes gets an assist.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) «Assist with» or «assist in» a task: take part in helping with it.↗ Example: Can I assist you with your bags?↗ · The nurse assisted the doctor.↗ · He scored one goal and made two assists.↗ · The firefighters assisted the family out of the house.↗ · Volunteers will assist with the school fair.↗ · Please assist anyone who needs help on the stairs.↗ · My sister assisted me in building the model.↗ · I will come to you, and assist you.↗ · Ginsburg asserts that the system of vowel polluting was invented by a Rabbi Mocha in Palestine about a.d.↗ 570, who designed it to assist his pupils.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

assistance — Everyday, meaning 1: Assistance is help or support given to someone.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Assistance is often a formal word for help from a service, like medical assistance.↗ Example: Can I be of any assistance?↗ · Call the lifeguard for assistance.↗ · The lady needed assistance with her heavy bags.↗ · A teaching assistant gives us assistance with reading.↗ · The firefighters came to our assistance quickly.↗ · Press this button if you need assistance.↗ · Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.↗

assistant — Everyday, meaning 1: A person whose job is to help someone else do their work.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A shop assistant is a person who serves customers in a shop.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A computer program that helps you, such as a voice assistant.↗ Example: Our teaching assistant helps me with reading.↗ · Ask the shop assistant where the shoes are.↗ · The doctor's assistant called my name.↗ · The assistant coach set up the cones.↗ · A voice assistant can tell you the weather.↗ · The magician's assistant held the hat.↗ · As they sailed on, they came by chance to the place where the boatman's assistant lived, at a little distance from the bank of the river.↗

assisted — Everyday, meaning 1: Assisted means helped.↗ e.g. "she assisted the teacher" means she helped the teacher.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In football, hockey and basketball, to assist means to pass the ball to a player who then scores.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As an adjective, assisted means done with help.↗ e.g. "an assisted pass", "assisted living" (homes where older people get daily help).↗ Example: The nurse assisted the doctor during the operation.↗ · Jack assisted the teacher by handing out the books.↗ · She scored once and assisted twice.↗ · My grandad lives in an assisted living home.↗ · The firefighters were assisted by police.↗ · We assisted the old lady across the road.↗ · The bike has battery-assisted pedals.↗ · The Prince and the Princess assisted her into the carriage themselves, and wished her all success.↗

associate — Everyday, meaning 1: To associate one thing with another is to connect them in your mind.↗ e.g. I associate summer with ice cream.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To associate with people is to spend time with them.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) An associate is a person you work with or know through work.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (adjective) Associate describes a person with a lower or partly joined rank: an associate member.↗ Example: I associate the smell of pine with Christmas.↗ · Red is often associated with danger.↗ · Don't associate with people who make you do bad things.↗ · Dad's work associate came for dinner.↗ · Headaches can be associated with not drinking enough water.↗ · She is an associate member of the club.↗ · There must certainly be some relations of mine living here; I will just see if I can find any one with whom I can associate.↗ · The Seven Double Letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pe, Resh, and Tau have each two sounds associated with theui.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The Seven double letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pé, Resh, and Tau have each two sounds associated with them.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · In the Bahir, the Thirty-Two Ways are associated with the gematria value of לֵב lev ‘heart’ ([Bahir 63], [Bahir 95] inter alia cf.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗