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- DictionaryGroup/ɡro͞op/
noun
- 1. a number of people or things that are located close together or are considered or classed together: "these bodies fall into four distinct groups" Similar categoryclassclassificationgroupingsetlotbatchbrackettypesortkindvarietyfamilyspeciesgenusbreedstylegradegradingrankstatuscrowdbandcompanypartybodygatheringcongregationassemblycollectionclusterflockpacktroopgangbatchinformal:bunch
- ▪ a number of people who work together or share certain beliefs: "I now belong to my local drama group" Similar factiondivisionsectioncliquecoteriecirclesetringcampbloccaucuscabaljuntafringe movementsplinter groupminority groupassociationclubsocietyleagueguildcircleunionconsortiumcooperativepartnershipsyndicaterare:consociation
- ▪ a commercial organization consisting of several companies under common ownership. Similar associationclubsocietyleagueguildcircleunionconsortiumcooperativepartnershipsyndicaterare:consociation
- ▪ a number of musicians who play popular music together.
- ▪ a unit of the US Air Force, consisting of two or more squadrons.
- ▪ a unit of the US Army, consisting of two or more battalions.
- ▪ two or more figures or objects forming a design.
- ▪ a set of elements occupying a column in the periodic table and having broadly similar properties arising from their similar electronic structure.
- ▪ a combination of atoms having a recognizable identity in a number of compounds.
- ▪ a set of elements, together with an associative binary operation, that contains an inverse for each element and an identity element.
- ▪ a stratigraphic division consisting of two or more formations.
verb
- 1. put together or place in a group or groups: "three wooden chairs were grouped around a dining table" Similar assemblecollectgather togethermassamassclusterclumpbuncharrangeorganizemarshalrangeline updispose
- ▪ put into categories; classify: "we group them into species merely as a convenience" Similar categorizeclassifyclasssortbracketpigeonholegraderaterankdesignatelabeltagbrandfilecataloglisttabulateindexassign
- ▪ form a group or groups: "many growers began to group together to form cooperatives" Similar unitejoin upjoin togetherteam upjoin forcespool resourcesclub togetherget togethercome togethergathercollaboratework togetherpull togethercooperatelinkallyassociatefraternizeform an allianceaffiliatefederateamalgamatecombinemergeintegrateconsolidateOpposite split up
Word Origin late 17th century: from French groupe, from Italian gruppo, of Germanic origin; related to crop.
Derivatives
- 1. groupage noun
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