Grouping

//ˈɡɹuːpɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A collection of things or people united as a group. countable

    "In bony, ribby regions of the earth, where at the base of high broken cliffs masses of rock lie strewn in fantastic groupings upon the plain, you will often discover images as of the petrified forms of the Leviathan partly merged in grass, which of a windy day breaks against them in a surf of green surges."

  2. 2
    any number of entities (members) considered as a unit wordnet
  3. 3
    Combining into groups. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the activity of putting things together in groups wordnet
  5. 5
    Shot grouping. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a system for classifying things into groups wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of group form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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groupage groupallianceanalysisappraisalarrangement

Example

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"This little grouping of chairs looks like a horse."

Related phrases

ability groupingfamily groupingplatoon grouping

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