Group

/ɡɹuːp/

The meaning and definition of Group, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
    “A group of people gathered in front of the Parliament to demonstrate against the Prime Minister's proposals.”
  2. A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
    “Did you see the new jazz group?”
verb
  1. To put together to form a group.
    “group the dogs by hair colour”
  2. To come together to form a group.

Definitions from the Free Dictionary API

Synonyms collection set band ensemble assemble begather

Origin

From French groupe, from Italian gruppo.

Source: Etymological Wordnet (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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