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A group is defined as a collection, or a number of people or things.

(noun)

An example of a group is six people eating dinner together at a table.
An example of a group is a collection of paintings shown by an artist at a gallery.

The definition of group is to collect two or more people or things together.

(verb)

An example of group is separating ten people into two sets of five people.

Group is defined as something related to a collection or a number of people or things.

(adjective)

An example of group is the decision by all six people at a table to drink wine with dinner; a group decision.

See group in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a number of persons or things gathered closely together and forming a recognizable unit; cluster; aggregation; band: a group of houses
a collection of objects or figures forming a design or part of a design, as in a work of art
a number of persons or things classified together because of common characteristics, community of interests, etc.
Chem.
1. a unit consisting of two or more joined atoms within a molecule; esp., a radical ()
2. a number of elements with similar properties, forming one of the vertical columns of the periodic table
3. a number of elements having similar chemical reactions
Geol. a stratigraphic unit consisting of two or more formations
Math. a closed set of elements having an associative binary operation (usually multiplication), an identity element (I × a = a × I = a), and an inverse element for each element (a × 1/a = 1/a × a = I)
☆ a military aircraft unit; specif., in the U.S. Air Force, a subdivision of a wing, composed of two or more squadrons
☆ U.S. Mil. a unit made up of two or more battalions or squadrons

Origin: Fr groupe < It gruppo, a knot, lump, group < Gmc *kruppa, round mass: see crop

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to assemble or form into a group or groups

adjective

of, characteristic of, or involving a group: group attitudes

See group in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An assemblage of persons or objects gathered or located together; an aggregation: a group of dinner guests; a group of buildings near the road.
Two or more figures that make up a unit or design, as in sculpture.
A number of individuals or things considered together because of similarities: a small group of supporters across the country.
Linguistics A category of related languages that is less inclusive than a family.
a. A military unit consisting of two or more battalions and a headquarters.
b. A unit of two or more squadrons in the U.S. Air Force, smaller than a wing.
A class or collection of related objects or entities, as:
a. Two or more atoms behaving or regarded as behaving as a single chemical unit.
b. A column in the periodic table of the elements.
c. A stratigraphic unit, especially a unit consisting of two or more formations deposited during a single geologic era.
Mathematics A set with a binary associative operation such that the operation admits an identity element and each element of the set has an inverse element for the operation.

adjective

Of, relating to, constituting, or being a member of a group: a group discussion; a group effort.

verb grouped, group·ing, groups

verb, transitive

To place or arrange in a group: grouped the children according to height.

verb, intransitive

To belong to or form a group: The soldiers began to group on the hillside.

Origin:

Origin: French groupe

Origin: , from Italian gruppo

Origin: , probably of Germanic origin

Usage Note: Group as a collective noun can be followed by a singular or plural verb. It takes a singular verb when the persons or things that make up the group are considered collectively: The dance group is ready for rehearsal. Group takes a plural verb when the persons or things that constitute it are considered individually: The group were divided in their sympathies. See Usage Note at collective noun.

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