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| 1. | [ noun ] any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | |
| Synonyms: | grouping | |
| Related terms: | people system world citizenry multitude collection population arrangement race series edition halogen electron_shell rare_earth subgroup arrangement circuit social_group biotic_community association ethnic_group biological_group kingdom actinide varna sainthood straggle | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule | |
| Synonyms: | radical chemical_group | |
| Related terms: | substance unit methylene_group nitrate vinyl carboxyl cyano_group benzoyl_group hydroxyl uranyl alkyl allyl nitrite azo_group nitro_group acetyl azido_group glyceryl cacodyl propyl Butyl hydrazo_group ketone_group acyl alcohol_group aldehyde_group chromophore amino_group carbonyl_group benzyl molecule chemistry | |
| 3. | [ verb ] arrange into a group or groups | |
| Examples: | "Can you group these shapes together?" |
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| Related terms: | classify collocate bracket batch regroup | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (mathematics) a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse | |
| Synonyms: | mathematical_group | |
| Related terms: | set Abelian_group subgroup | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] for or by a group rather than individuals | |
| Synonyms: | communal | |
| Examples: | "dipping each his bread into a communal dish of stew"- Paul Roche "a communal settlement in which all earnings and food were shared" "a group effort" |
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| Related terms: | common | |
| 6. | [ verb ] form a group or group together | |
| Synonyms: | aggroup | |
| Related terms: | meet pool gang team brigade | |
| Similar spelling: |
groupie group_O group_B group_A grub grip grow_up gruff Grube Grubb Gropp grope grape graph grapo Gripp gripe grapy grapey grappa groovy Grippo groove grubby grippe Grabau |
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