group
//ɡɹuːp//
Forms
- Plural
- groups
- present (v1)
- group
- past (v2)
- grouped
- past participle (v3)
- grouped
- present participle
- grouping
- 3rd person singular
- groups
Definitions
1.A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
- A group of people is/are gathering in front of the Parliament to demonstrate against the Prime Minister's proposals.
2.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.
3.A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
4.A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
- Did you see the new jazz group?
1.To put together to form a group.
2.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.
3.To eliminate in the group stage of a competition.
- Clubs like Real Sociedad are getting grouped in the Europa League. Even clubs like Atletico Madrid and Villareal are finding it hard to progress to the R16 in the UCL.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #199
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *kruppazder.
Frankish *kruppbor.
Vulgar Latin *cruppus
Italian gruppobor.
French groupebor.
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Italian gruppobor.
English group