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group

Syllabification: (group)
Pronunciation: /gro͞op/

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Definition of group

noun

[treated as singular or plural]
  • a number of people or things that are located close together or are considered or classed together:these bodies fall into four distinct groups
  • a number of people who work together or share certain beliefs:I now belong to my local drama group
  • a commercial organization consisting of several companies under common ownership.
  • a number of musicians who play popular music together.
  • Military a unit of the US Air Force, consisting of two or more squadrons.
  • Military a unit of the US Army, consisting of two or more battalions.
  • Art two or more figures or objects forming a design.
  • Chemistry a set of elements occupying a column in the periodic table and having broadly similar properties arising from their similar electronic structure.
  • Chemistry a combination of atoms having a recognizable identity in a number of compounds.
  • Mathematics a set of elements, together with an associative binary operation, that contains an inverse for each element and an identity element.
  • Geology a stratigraphic division consisting of two or more formations.

verb

[with object]
  • put together or place in a group or groups:three wooden chairs were grouped around a dining table
  • put into categories; classify:we group them into species merely as a convenience
  • [no object] form a group or groups:many growers began to group together to form cooperatives

Origin:

late 17th century: from French groupe, from Italian gruppo, of Germanic origin; related to crop

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