Meaning & use
assembling information
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Meaning
phrase
the activity of collecting facts or details from different places and putting them together in one place
Grammar: Used as a noun phrase; often follows verbs like 'involves' or 'requires', or appears in headings.
Patterns
- assembling information about something
- assembling information from different sources
- the process of assembling information
Assembling information about local schools took her several weeks.
The report describes the careful work of assembling information from interviews and official records.
Modern software makes assembling information much faster than it used to be.
Common combinations
- involve assembling information
- The first stage of the project involves assembling information from several government websites.
- a way of assembling information
- Surveys are only one way of assembling information about what customers want.
- assembling information about something
- He spent the morning assembling information about the company's history.
- the task of assembling information
- The task of assembling information fell to the newest member of the team.
Synonyms and how they differ
- gathering information
- Very close in meaning, but often suggests going out to find facts, while 'assembling' stresses bringing separate pieces together.
- collecting data
- More technical and usually refers to numbers or measurements rather than general facts.
Word family
Commonly confused: assembling information or assessing information?
assembling information vs assessing information
Assessing means judging the value or quality of information, while assembling means collecting and organizing it.
Practice
The research team spent months ______ information from newspapers, letters, and old photographs.
Choose one answer.
'Assembling' means collecting and putting pieces together, which fits the idea of gathering material from many sources. 'Asserting' means stating firmly, 'assessing' means judging, and 'assigning' means giving out tasks.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “assembling information”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.