n. 1
A gathering of people.
n. 2
The process of assembling or bringing together.
the assemblage of words and recordings
n. 3
A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.

Related words

Phrases: noun of assemblage

Forms

Plural: assemblages → masses, throngs, crowds, multitudes…

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Assemblage or Assembly?

An assemblage may be of persons or of objects; an assembly is always of persons. An assemblage is promiscuous and unorganized; an assembly is organized and united in some common purpose.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

multitude Tokyo offers a multitude of accommodation options.
throng He was surrounded by a throng of reporters.
collection He couldn't calculate the price of the collection.
aggregation The aggregation of player statistics was completed in two seconds.
congeries All bodies are regarded by the physicist as a congeries of atoms.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
assemblage		steady
multitude		rising
throng		rising
collection		steady
aggregation		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: pac¹
4 letters: body², mass¹, host¹, pack¹
5 letters: group¹, crowd¹, troop¹, flock¹
6 letters: legion², muster², throng¹
7 letters: company³, meeting², cluster²
8 letters: assembly³
9 letters: gathering³, aggregate³, multitude³, concourse², congeries³
10 letters: collection³, assembling⁴
11 letters: aggregation⁴
12 letters: congregation⁴, accumulation⁵

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (body² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: assemblage
Español: ensamblaje
Deutsch: Zusammenfügung