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v. - To manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly put together on a building site of buildings.

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  • If one car takes less time, they use that extra time to preassemble parts for the next one.
  • I even go as far as preassemble things like green bean casseroles directly in their baking dishes the night before.
  • Assemble: Once the preassemble stage does its job, the assemble stage takes over to actually convert the message in a format that can be understood by the external system.
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