different between bevy vs assembly

English

Etymology

From Middle English bevey, of uncertain origin, possibly Anglo-Norman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?vi/
• Homophone: bevvy

Noun

bevy (plural bevies)

1. (collective) A group of animals, in particular quail.
2. (collective) A group of women.
3. (collective) A large group or collection.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English assemblee, from Anglo-Norman asemblee (Old French asemblee, French assemblée).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??s?mb.l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??s?mb.li/

Noun

assembly (countable and uncountable, plural assemblies)

1. A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.

2. The act of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
3. A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
4. A legislative body.

5. (military) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
6. (computing) Ellipsis of assembly language.
7. (computing) In Microsoft .NET, a building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.

Synonyms

• church (obsolete)
• (congregation of people): foregathering

Hyponyms

• house of assembly
• jural assembly

Derived terms

• assembly point
• self-assembly

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

From English assembly.

Noun

assembly m (plural assemblies)

1. (computing) assembly language (programming language using mnemonics that correspond to processor instructions)

   Synonym: linguagem de montagem