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group
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- pronunciation:
- grup
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
Your family is a group of people. When people or things are together or connected in some way, we call them a group. At recess, some children might play alone, but often they play together in small groups.
Some animals, such as wolves, live together in groups, but other animals live alone.The teacher divided the class into four groups. Each group worked together to do a puzzle.
- synonyms:
- assortment, body, bunch, cluster, collection, congregation, set
- similar words:
- arrangement, assembly, band, batch, category, class, combination, community, company, family, gang, lot, pack, series
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| definition 2: |
A small number of people who play music together are called a group.
Brianna is playing guitar in her group at the school's talent show.- synonyms:
- band
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| related words: |
assortment, body, bunch, clan, club, clump, fleet, force, huddle, kind, knot, organization, outfit, party, type |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
groups, grouping, grouped |
| definition 1: |
When you group things, you put things that are similar in some way together.
I grouped the stones by size.The librarian grouped the books by author.- synonyms:
- classify, rank, sort
- similar words:
- organize, type
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| definition 2: |
When the teacher groups her students, it means that she brings them together into a group.
The teacher grouped the students in a circle.- synonyms:
- assemble, collect, combine, gather
- similar words:
- organize
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| related words: |
arrange, collect, divide, include, rank |
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