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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"
verb
- 1. put together or place in a group or groups: "three wooden chairs were grouped around a dining table"
Group definition: any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation. See examples of GROUP used in a sentence.
Defining a Group. The term group is an amorphous one and can refer to a wide variety of gatherings, from just two people (think about a “group project” in school when you partnered with another student), a club, a regular gathering of friends, or people who work together or share a hobby.
The term group is an amorphous one and can refer to a wide variety of gatherings, from just two people (think about a “group project” in school when you partner with another student), a club, a regular gathering of friends, or people who work together or share a hobby. In short, the term refers to any collection of at least two people who ...
Groups cannot be defined simply as three or more people talking to each other or meeting together. Instead, a primary characteristic of groups is that members of a group are dependent on the others for the group to maintain its existence and achieve its goals.
Groups are more impersonal (e.g., crowds or aggregates where members may not know each other), whereas social groups are more personal (e.g., families or co-workers, where members depend on each other and have a shared identity). Also called: grouping. social unit.
a number of people or things that are together in the same place or that are connected in some way. group of somebody/something a group of people/students/friends. A group of us are going to the theatre this evening. a group of islands in the Indian ocean. English is a member of the Germanic group of languages.
[transitive] group somebody/something (together) to divide people or things into groups of people or things that are similar in some way The books are grouped together by subject. Contestants were grouped according to age and ability. See group in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: group.
