different between assemble vs turnkey

English

Etymology

From Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler (“to assemble”), from Medieval Latin assimul?re (“to bring together”). Doublet of assimilate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s?mbl?/
• Hyphenation: as?sem?ble

Verb

assemble (third-person singular simple present assembles, present participle assembling, simple past and past participle assembled)

1. (transitive) To put together.

   He assembled the model ship.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To gather as a group.

   The parents assembled in the school hall.
3. (computing) to translate from assembly language to machine code

Synonyms

• (to put together): build, construct, produce, put together; see also Thesaurus:build
• (to gather as a group): collect, begather; see also Thesaurus:assemble or Thesaurus:round up

Translations

Anagrams

• beamless

French

Verb

assemble

1. first-person singular present indicative of assembler
2. third-person singular present indicative of assembler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of assembler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of assembler
5. second-person singular imperative of assembler

English

Etymology

turn +? key

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: tûrn'-k?

Adjective

turnkey (comparative more turnkey, superlative most turnkey)

1. Ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture)
   • 1980, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, April 1980, Kathleen Bailey, When and why weapons; page 42

     Third World countries no longer want to purchase nuclear projects on a turn-key basis; they want to receive advanced technical training as well.

Translations

Noun

turnkey (plural turnkeys)

1. (now archaic) A warder or jailer/gaoler; keeper of the keys in a prison.

Translations

Verb

turnkey (third-person singular simple present turnkeys, present participle turnkeying, simple past and past participle turnkeyed)

1. To supply a turnkey product; to supply something fully assembled and ready to use.