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the Holy Spirit, such as the power to heal people who are ill/sick)        MIS

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as-sem-bly/a'sembliI noun {pi. -ies) 1 (also As-sem-bly) [c] a group of people who have been elected to meet together regularly and make decisions or laws for a particular region or country   IHA;

State/legislative/federalAocal assemblies JH fX iA ;

:        / ifeAiAz?- 0 Power has been handed over

to provincial and regional assemblies.

0 The national assembly has voted to adopt the budget. 0 the California

Assembly Jt g jjq f ij |g /g ® fN fX iA. 1^ 0 the UN General Assembly ®t'n‘IIiA£ 2 [U, C] the meeting together of a group of people for a particular purpose; a group of people who meet together for a particular purpose H They were fighting for freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. IM1

o He was to address a public assembly on the issue.       0 an

assembly point (= a place where people have been asked to meet) M £ ife 3 [C, U] a meeting of the teachers and students in a school, usually at the start of the day, to give information, discuss school events or say prayers together ( SJJ£ 4 [U]

the process of putting together the parts of sth such as a vehicle or piece of furniture §2 ; £§.      J® :

Putting the bookcase together should be a simple assembly job.        o 0 a car

assembly plant

as sembly language noun [C, U] (also as-sem-bler [C]) {computing if) the language in which a program is written before it is changed into machine code iC

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as'sembly line noun = production line:  workers

on the assembly line 31 IE ^5 ± (ft IA assembly-man /a'sembliman/, as-sem-bly-wo- man /a'sembliwuman/ noun {pi. -men /-man/, -women /-wimin/) a person who is an elected representative in a state assembly in the US ( US ) jtl^ijl'l^i^ ^ as'sembly room noun [usually pi.] {especially BrE) a public room or building in which meetings and social events are held        )

as-sent /a’sent/ noun, verb

mnoun [U] ~ (to sth) (formal) official agreement to or approval of sth |WJ M.; ft $: The director has given her assent to the proposals. J/tj^ABilTKlWJlicil^o o He nodded (his) assent, fife A I®] M 7 „       0 There were

murmurs of both assent and dissent from the crowd. A 0 The bill passed in Parliament has now received the Royal Assent {= been approved by the king/queen).

■ verb ~ (to sth) (formal) to agree to a request, an idea or a suggestion |WJ M , ft ('W ; &t & U ) :  [V]

Nobody would assent to the terms they proposed, if til 7 [also v speech]

as-sert /a‘S3:t; NAmE a's3:rt/ verb 1 to state clearly and firmly that sth is true Bf] 5ft #   W :   [V that] She

continued to assert that she was innocent.

B ft ^ o 0 [VN] She continued to assert her innocence. Sf}fI#il B?clo 0 [V speech] ‘That is wrong,’ he asserted. “ DP Ji , ” if At W it „        0 [VN that] It is

commonly asserted that older people prefer to receive care from family members. ACI ft iA, %¥ A® J& M & iAMio 2 [VN] ~ yourself to behave in a confident and determined way so that other people pay attention to your opinions g BW'if; ® M 3 [VN] to make other people recognize your right or authority to do sth, by behaving firmly and confidently £f JF g B #J tMAJ ( bJc$.i£ ) :        to assert your independence/rights

£f ^ ^ tL I fij 0 I was determined to assert my authority from the beginning.   —

$.JlL 4 [VN] ~ itself to start to have an effect    ®

ff Fi: Good sense asserted itself.      Ac

as-ser-tion /a's3:.fn; NAmE a'sairXn/ noun 1 [c] a state­ment saying that you strongly believe sth to be true Bfj