group
group Lexical Profile
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• noun
A number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together.
"A small group of students gathered outside the library to discuss the upcoming exam."
A commercial organization consisting of several companies under common ownership, or an organized body of people working together toward a shared goal.
"The publishing group acquired two independent bookstores last quarter."
An ensemble of musicians who play popular music together.
"She played bass guitar in a local jazz group during her university years."
A vertical column of elements in the periodic table that share similar chemical properties and atomic structures, or a set of atoms forming a recognizable unit within a molecule.
"The noble gases occupy the far right group of the periodic table."
An algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with an associative binary operation, an identity element, and an inverse for every element.
"The integers under addition form a classic example of an infinite abelian group."
• verb
To put or arrange people or things together in a group or groups, especially on the basis of shared characteristics.
"The teacher decided to group the children according to their reading levels."
To come together to form a cluster or unit.
"The hikers began to group around the trail map to plan their afternoon route."
Word Nuance & Usage
In British English, 'group' can take either a singular or plural verb depending on whether its members are seen as a single unit or as individuals (e.g., 'the group has decided' vs. 'the group are divided'), whereas American English strongly favors the singular verb.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 17th century from French groupe, from Italian gruppo ('cluster, knot'), originally a fine-arts term referring to a cluster of figures in a painting or sculpture, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to 'crop'.