English Dictionary
Definition of “group”
group (ɡruːp
)
Definitions
noun
- a number of persons or things considered as a collective unit
- a number of persons bound together by common social standards, interests, etc
- ((as modifier) ⇒
group behaviour
- a small band of players or singers, esp of pop music
- a number of animals or plants considered as a unit because of common characteristics, habits, etc
- grammar another word, esp in systemic grammar, for phrase (sense 1)
- an association of companies under a single ownership and control, consisting of a holding company, subsidiary companies, and sometimes associated companies
- two or more figures or objects forming a design or unit in a design, in a painting or sculpture
- a military formation comprising complementary arms and services, usually for a purpose ⇒
a brigade group
- an air force organization of higher level than a squadron
- radicalchemistry two or more atoms that are bound together in a molecule and behave as a single unit ⇒
a methyl group -CH3
Compare free radical
- a vertical column of elements in the periodic table that all have similar electronic structures, properties, and valencies Compare period (sense 8)
- geology any stratigraphical unit, esp the unit for two or more formations
- mathematics a set that has an associated operation that combines any two members of the set to give another member and that also contains an identity element and an inverse for each element
- See blood group
verb
- to arrange or place (things, people, etc) in or into a group or (of things, etc) to form into a group
Word Origin
C17: from French groupe, of Germanic origin; compare Italian gruppo; see crop
Synonyms
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=
crowd,
company,
party,
band,
troop,
pack,
gathering,
gang,
bunch,
congregation,
posse,
bevy,
assemblage,
=
category,
class,
section,
grouping,
order,
sort,
type,
division,
rank,
grade,
classification,
=
arrange,
order,
sort,
class,
range,
gather,
organize,
assemble,
put together,
classify,
dispose,
marshal,
bracket,
assort,
Translations
- British English:
group
A group of people or things is a number of them together in one place at one time....a small group of football supporters.ɡruːp NOUN ...a small group of football supporters.
- Spanish:
grupo
nm
- French:
groupe
nm
- German:
Gruppe
nf
- Chinese: 组 n
- Arabic: جَماعَة n
- Portuguese: grupo nm
- Russian: группа nf
- Croatian: grupa nf
- Czech: skupina nf
- Danish: gruppe
- Dutch: groep n
- Finnish: ryhmä n
- Greek: ομάδα nf
- Italian: gruppo nm
- Japanese: グループ n
- Korean: 집단 n
- Norwegian: gruppe nm
- Polish: grupa nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: grupo nm
- European Spanish:
grupo
nm
- Swedish: grupp nutr
- Thai: กลุ่ม n
- Turkish: grup n
- Vietnamese: nhóm n
Usage examples
Kershaw is involved in a group indulging in criminal activity which Miss Perec finds out about, or is even involved in herself.
Robert Wilson, INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002)A site formerly occupied in the summer by a small group of travellers.
Country Life (2004)AIB's group treasurer, Mr Pat Ryan, will proceed with his already planned retirement.
Irish Times (2002)The pact forbids politicians'to pitch one group against another for short term political or personal gain '.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Nine doctors were in attendance; a group of men who no doubt harboured very mixed feelings.
Jim Leavesley, George Biro, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)
