cluster

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UK /ˈklʌstə/ US /ˈklʌstɚ/

noun 5verb 3

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

little, small | compact, dense

PREP

in a/the ~

Several children sat in a cluster around the teacher during storytime.

~ of

A small cluster of grapes fell from the vine onto the kitchen table.

(verb.)

ADV

closely, tightly

together

The passengers huddled together nervously as the train suddenly stopped on the tracks.

PREP

about/around/round

People clustered around the display window to see the new phones.

Definitions

noun

A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.

a cluster of islands

A cluster of flowers grew in the pot.

A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.

The Pleiades cluster contains seven bright stars.

My fellow biotic: You have been selected to receive this transmission because of our shared plight. Few understand us, fewer tolerate us. We must stand together. We must build our own new world. Come. Join us in the Hawking Eta cluster. Only as one body can we right the wrongs done to our kind.

A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.

A computer cluster is a collection of two or more computers used to execute a given problem or section. Typically, in a computer cluster, the interconnection network tying the computers together is a local area network (LAN). […] The computers in the cluster communicate among themselves and among the shared memory.

A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.

verb

To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun noun sense 1).

The consciousness of such an action will give her features a nobler life on this illustrious day, than all the jewels that can hang in her hair or can be clustered in her bosom.

Not less the bee would range her cells, / The furzy prickle fire the dells, / The foxglove cluster dappled bells.

To cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters.

The sea is clustered with islands.

To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather.

The children clustered around the puppy.

[T]he fruite cluſtereth togyther lyke to ſmal grapes, which in the beginning is greene, and afterwarde when it is ripe, al blacke.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a grouping of a number of similar things

verb — gather or cause to gather into a cluster

verb — come together as in a cluster or flock

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

a cluster of islands

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A cluster of flowers grew in the pot.

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Her deeds vvere like great gluſters of ripe grapes, / VVhich load the bunches of the fruitfull vine: / Offring to fall into each mouth that gapes, / And fill the ſame vvith ſtore of timely vvine.

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The consciousness of such an action will give her features a nobler life on this illustrious day, than all the jewels that can hang in her hair or can be clustered in her bosom.

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Not less the bee would range her cells, / The furzy prickle fire the dells, / The foxglove cluster dappled bells.

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The queen-bee of the children-swarm, the wise little Louise, sate herself down at the window, and four other little heads clustered themselves about her, fervent and inquisitive, and almost pushing he

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