group

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UK /ɡɹuːp/ US /ɡɹup/

noun 5verb 2

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

closely | loosely

thematically

The library organizes its books grouped thematically so customers can easily find what interests them.

together

PREP

according to

The students were divided into groups according to their English level.

around/round

A crowd of tourists gathered around the monument to take photos.

The students organized themselves by interest for the school project.

in/into

The students were divided into several groups for the science project.

with

In the school project, our class was grouped with two other classes to complete the science assignment.

PHRASES

group sth under a heading

The teacher grouped the students under three different categories for the project.

(noun.)

ADJ

big, large, wide

A large group of students gathered in the cafeteria to discuss the school trip.

select, small

A small group of students gathered in the library to work on their history project together.

coherent, cohesive, tight, tightly-knit

After playing together for five years, the band members formed a tight group that rarely argued about anything.

minority

Only a small minority group of students chose to study classical languages at our school.

cultural, ethnic, racial

family

My parents belong to a large family group that meets every holiday.

age, peer

My little sister's age group enjoys playing video games together after school.

discussion

She joined a support group for people recovering from addiction.

self-help

action, pressure

Environmental activists created a pressure group to influence government climate policies.

splinter

Several environmental activists left the organization to start their own splinter group.

theatre | pop, rock

blood

My doctor asked me to find out my blood group before the surgery.

VERB + GROUP

form, found, set up, start

divide sb/sth into

The teacher divided the students into groups of four for the science project.

manage, run | become a member of, join

leave

Sarah left the group after five years to start her own business.

GROUP + VERB

form

A new study group formed at our school to help students prepare for the final exam.

split up

After ten years together, the band decided to split up and pursue solo careers.

GROUP + NOUN

member

PREP

as a ~

The students decided to present their science project as a group at the school assembly.

in a/the ~

The students worked in small groups to complete the science project together.

within a/the ~

The teacher noticed different friendships forming within the group of new students.

~ of

A group of students waited outside the classroom for their teacher to arrive.

Definitions

noun

A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.

Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.

Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.

A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.

Throughout this section, we shall assume the existence of finitely presented groups with unsolvable word problem.

In this chapter we give some examples of Fuchsian groups. The most interesting and important ones are the so-called "arithmetic" Fuchsian groups, i.e., discrete subgroups of PSL(2,R) obtained by some "arithmetic" operations. One such construction we have already seen: if we choose all matrices of SL(2,R) with integer coefficients, then the corresponding elements of PSL(2,R) form the modular group PSL(2,Z).

An effective divisor on a curve.

A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.

Did you see the new jazz group?

A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.

verb

To put together to form a group.

group the dogs by hair colour

To come together to form a group.

For many people forming pods last year, finding compatible people to group with was not a cost but a goal.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

grouping

noun — (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single uni

radical

verb — form a group or group together

aggroup

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Wiktionary

there is a group of houses behind the hill; he left town to join a Communist group

Wiktionary

group the dogs by hair colour

Wiktionary

For many people forming pods last year, finding compatible people to group with was not a cost but a goal.

Wiktionary

Imagine, for the sake of argument, a tribal group in which mother-son incest was countenanced.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, group is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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