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group
(gro͞op)n.
1. An assemblage of persons or objects gathered or located together; an aggregation: a group of dinner guests; a group of buildings near the road.
2. A set of two or more figures that make up a unit or design, as in sculpture.
3. A number of individuals or things considered or classed together because of similarities: a small group of supporters across the country.
4. Linguistics A category of related languages that is less inclusive than a family.
5.
a. A military unit consisting of two or more battalions and a headquarters.
b. A unit of two or more squadrons in the US Air Force, smaller than a wing.
6. Chemistry
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.
7. Geology A stratigraphic unit, especially a unit consisting of two or more formations deposited during a single geologic era.
8. Mathematics A set, together with a binary associative operation, such that the set is closed under the operation, the set contains an identity element for the operation, and each element of the set has an inverse element with respect to the operation. The integers form a group under the operation of ordinary addition.
adj.
Of, relating to, constituting, or being a member of a group: a group discussion; a group effort.
v. grouped, group·ing, groups
v.tr.
To place or arrange in a group: grouped the children according to height.
v.intr.
To belong to or form a group: The soldiers began to group on the hillside.
[French groupe, from Italian gruppo, 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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group
(ɡruːp)n
1. a number of persons or things considered as a collective unit
2. (Sociology)
a. a number of persons bound together by common social standards, interests, etc
b. (as modifier): group behaviour.
3. (Jazz) a small band of players or singers, esp of pop music
4. (Biology) a number of animals or plants considered as a unit because of common characteristics, habits, etc
5. (Grammar) grammar another word, esp in systemic grammar, for phrase1
6. (Accounting & Book-keeping) an association of companies under a single ownership and control, consisting of a holding company, subsidiary companies, and sometimes associated companies
7. (Art Terms) two or more figures or objects forming a design or unit in a design, in a painting or sculpture
8. (Military) a military formation comprising complementary arms and services, usually for a purpose: a brigade group.
9. (Military) an air force organization of higher level than a squadron
10. (Chemistry) chem Also called: radical two or more atoms that are bound together in a molecule and behave as a single unit: a methyl group -CH3. Compare free radical
11. (Chemistry) a vertical column of elements in the periodic table that all have similar electronic structures, properties, and valencies. Compare period8
12. (Geological Science) geology any stratigraphical unit, esp the unit for two or more formations
13. (Mathematics) maths a set that has an associated operation that combines any two members of the set to give another member and that also contains an identity element and an inverse for each element
14. (Medicine) See blood group
vb
to arrange or place (things, people, etc) in or into a group or (of things, etc) to form into a group
[C17: from French groupe, of Germanic origin; compare Italian gruppo; see crop]
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group
(grup)n.
1. any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation.
2. a number of persons or things ranged or considered together as being related in some way.
3. Also called radical. two or more atoms specifically arranged and usu. behaving as a single entity, as the hydroxyl group, –OH.
4. any of the vertical columns of elements in the periodic table.
5. a division of stratified rocks comprising two or more formations.
6.
a. an administrative and tactical unit of the U.S. Army consisting of two or more battalions and a headquarters.
b. an administrative and operational unit of the U.S. Air Force subordinate to a wing, usu. composed of two or more squadrons.
7. a section of an orchestra comprising the instruments of the same class.
8. an algebraic system that is closed under an associative operation, as multiplication or addition, and in which there is an identity element that, on operating on another element, leaves the second element unchanged, and in which each element has corresponding to it a unique element that, on operating on the first, results in the identity element.
v.t. 9. to place together in a group, as with others.
10. to form into a group or groups.
v.i. 11. to form a group.
12. to be part of a group.
[1665–75; < French groupe < Italian gruppo « Germanic; akin to crop]
usage: See collective noun.
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group
(gro͞op)1. Two or more atoms bound together that act as a unit in a number of chemical compounds: a hydroxyl group.
2. In the Periodic Table, a vertical column that contains elements having the same number of electrons in the outermost shell of their atoms. Elements in the same group have similar chemical properties. See Periodic Table.
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group
1. A flexible administrative and tactical unit composed of either two or more battalions or two or more squadrons. The term also applies to combat support and combat service support units.
2. A number of ships and/or aircraft, normally a subdivision of a force, assigned for a specific purpose. Also called GP.
2. A number of ships and/or aircraft, normally a subdivision of a force, assigned for a specific purpose. Also called GP.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
Group
a set of things collected as a unit. See also gathering.Examples: group of columns [three or four columns joined together on the same pedestal], 1731; of company, 1748; of crystals, 1830; of islands; of musicians; of partisans, 1809; of rocks, 1859; of singers; of trees; of woes, 1729; of words, 1748.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
group
Past participle: grouped
Gerund: grouping
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| Noun | 1. |  group - any number of entities (members) considered as a unitabstract entity, abstraction - a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples human beings, human race, humankind, humans, mankind, humanity, world, man - all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women" arrangement - an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement" straggle - a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers" kingdom - a basic group of natural objects biological group - a group of plants or animals biotic community, community - (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" social group - people sharing some social relation aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole edition - all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time; "the first edition appeared in 1920"; "it was too late for the morning edition"; "they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings" electron shell - a grouping of electrons surrounding the nucleus of an atom; "the chemical properties of an atom are determined by the outermost electron shell" ethnic group, ethnos - people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture association - (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species swarm, cloud - a group of many things in the air or on the ground; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores" subgroup - a distinct and often subordinate group within a group sainthood - saints collectively population - a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area; "they hired hunters to keep down the deer population" hoi polloi, masses, the great unwashed, multitude, people, mass - the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people" varna - (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis) circuit - (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals system, scheme - a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going" series - a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection; "the Post Office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers"; "his coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies" actinide, actinoid, actinon - any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 lanthanide, lanthanoid, lanthanon, rare earth, rare-earth element - any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71) halogen - any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions |
| 2. | group - (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions building block, unit - a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids" acyl, acyl group - any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group" alcohol group, alcohol radical - the chemical group -OH aldehyde group, aldehyde radical - the chemical group -CHO alkyl, alkyl group, alkyl radical - any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons allyl, allyl group, allyl radical - the univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5; derived from propylene amino, amino group - the radical -NH2 amyl - a hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compounds azido group, azido radical - the univalent group N3- derived from hydrazoic acid azo group, azo radical - the bivalent group -N=N- united to two hydrocarbon groups benzoyl group, benzoyl radical - the univalent radical derived from benzoic acid molecule - (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound carbonyl group - the bivalent radical CO carboxyl, carboxyl group - the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids chromophore - the chemical group that gives color to a molecule cyanide group, cyanide radical, cyano group, cyano radical - the monovalent group -CN in a chemical compound glyceryl - a trivalent radical derived from glycerol by removing the three hydroxyl radicals hydrazo group, hydrazo radical - the bivalent group -HNNH- derived from hydrazine hydroxyl, hydroxyl group, hydroxyl radical - the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols ketone group - a group having the characteristic properties of ketones butyl - a hydrocarbon radical (C4H9) nitro group - the group -NO3 nitrite - the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid) | |
| 3. |  group - a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inversesubgroup - (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group Abelian group, commutative group - a group that satisfies the commutative law set - (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite" | |
| Verb | 1. | group - arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?" class, classify, sort out, assort, sort, separate - arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" regroup - reorganize into new groups bracket - classify or group batch - batch together; assemble or process as a batch |
| 2. |  group - form a group or group together embed - attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war; "The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division" pool - join or form a pool of people brigade - form or unite into a brigade foregather, forgather, gather, assemble, meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" |
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group
noun
1. crowd, company, party, band, troop, pack, gathering, gang, bunch, congregation, posse (slang), bevy, assemblage The trouble involved a small group of football supporters.
2. organization, body, association, league, circle Members of an environmental group are staging a protest inside a chemical plant.
4. category, class, section, grouping, order, sort, type, division, rank, grade, classification The recipes are divided into groups according to their main ingredients.
6. cluster, collection, formation, clump, aggregation a small group of islands off northern Japan
verb
1. arrange, order, sort, class, range, gather, organize, assemble, put together, classify, dispose, marshal, bracket, assort The fact sheets are grouped into seven sections.
2. unite, associate, gather, cluster, get together, congregate, band together We want to encourage them to group together as one big purchaser.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
group
noun1. A number of individuals making up or considered a unit:
2. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together:
assemblage, assembly, body, company, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, meeting, muster, troop.
Informal: get-together.
1. To bring together:
2. To come together:
3. To distribute into groups according to kinds:
4. To assign to a class or classes:
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Translations
جماعةجَماعَةفِرْقَة غِناءمجموعةمَجْمُوعَةٌ
skupinaseskupitspoustagrupa
gruppegrupperemængdeorkester=-band
grupo
rühmrühmitamine
joukkoryhmäyhtye
grupamnogoskupina
csoportegyüttes
flokkur, grúppahópast, safnast samanhópur
グループ群れ
무리집단
grupuotis
ansamblisgrupagrupējumsgrupētgrupēties
grup
zoskupiť
skupina
gruppandel
กลุ่มจำนวนมาก
một lượng lớnnhóm
group
[gruːp]A. N
1. [of people, objects] → grupo m; (for specific purpose) → agrupación f, asociación f; (= gang) → pandilla f, banda f (Mus) → conjunto m, grupo m; [of languages] → familia f
they stood in a group → estaban en grupo
ethnic group → grupo m étnico
family group → familia f, grupo m familiar
a human rights group → una agrupación or asociación pro derechos humanos
see also interest B2
see also support C
they stood in a group → estaban en grupo
ethnic group → grupo m étnico
family group → familia f, grupo m familiar
a human rights group → una agrupación or asociación pro derechos humanos
see also interest B2
see also support C
2. (Comm) [of companies] → grupo m
B. VT (also group together) → agrupar
we group the children by ability → agrupamos a los niños según sus habilidades
we grouped ourselves around the piano → nos agrupamos alrededor del piano
the report's conclusions are grouped together under one heading → las conclusiones del informe están agrupadas bajo un mismo encabezamiento
we group the children by ability → agrupamos a los niños según sus habilidades
we grouped ourselves around the piano → nos agrupamos alrededor del piano
the report's conclusions are grouped together under one heading → las conclusiones del informe están agrupadas bajo un mismo encabezamiento
D. CPD group booking N → reserva f hecha para un grupo
group captain N (Brit) (Aer) → jefe m de escuadrilla
group discussion N → debate m en grupo
group dynamics NPL → dinámica fsing de grupo
group photo N → foto f de conjunto
group practice N (Med) → consultorio m (de médicos)
group sex N → sexo m en grupo
group therapy N → terapia f de grupo
Agreement
group captain N (Brit) (Aer) → jefe m de escuadrilla
group discussion N → debate m en grupo
group dynamics NPL → dinámica fsing de grupo
group photo N → foto f de conjunto
group practice N (Med) → consultorio m (de médicos)
group sex N → sexo m en grupo
group therapy N → terapia f de grupo
GROUP
Agreement
• When grupo is followed by de + ((PLURAL NOUN)), following verbs can be in the plural or, less commonly, in the singular:
A group of youths came up to him Un grupo de jóvenes se le acercaron or se le acercó• Otherwise, use the singular form of the verb:
The group is or are well-known for being aggressive El grupo es conocido por su agresividadCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
group
[ˈgruːp] n
[people, animals] → groupe m
to work in groups → travailler en groupes
people in our income group
BUT les gens qui appartiennent à la même tranche de revenus que nous. minority group
to work in groups → travailler en groupes
people in our income group
BUT les gens qui appartiennent à la même tranche de revenus que nous. minority group
(= organization) → association f
a group for single parents → une association de parents célibataires
a group for single parents → une association de parents célibataires
(also pop group) → groupe m
vt [+ things, people] → rassembler
vi [people] → se rassembler
group together
vt sep [+ people, things] → rassembler
vi [people] → se regroupergroup booking n → réservation f de groupe
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group
n → Gruppe f; (Comm also) → Konzern m; (= theatre group also) → Ensemble nt; a group of people → eine Gruppe Menschen; a group of houses/trees → eine Häuser-/Baumgruppe; to form a group around somebody/something → sich um jdn/etw gruppieren
attr → Gruppen-; living, activities → in der Gruppe or Gemeinschaft; group discussion → Gruppendiskussion f
vt → gruppieren; to group together (in one group) → zusammentun; (in several groups) → in Gruppen einteilen or anordnen; pupils are grouped according to age and ability → die Schüler werden nach Alter und Fähigkeiten in Gruppen eingeteilt; it’s wrong to group all criminals together → es ist nicht richtig, alle Verbrecher über einen Kamm zu scheren or in einen Topf zu werfen (inf); group the blue ones with the red ones → ordnen Sie die Blauen bei den Roten ein, tun Sie die Blauen mit den Roten zusammen; they grouped themselves round him → sie stellten sich um ihn (herum) auf, sie gruppierten sich um ihn; the books were grouped on the shelf according to subject → die Bücher standen nach Sachgruppen geordnet im Regal
group
:group booking
n → Gruppenbuchung or -reservierung f
group captain
n (Aviat) → Oberst m
group dynamics
n
pl (= relationships) → Gruppendynamik f
sing (= subject) → Gruppendynamik f
group
:group insurance
n → Gruppenversicherung f
Group of Eight
n → G-8 (→ -Staaten pl) f
group practice
group therapy
n → Gruppentherapie f
groupware
n (Comput) → Groupware f
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group
[gruːp]1. n (gen) → gruppo; (set, clique, of people) → circolo, gruppo (Mus) (pop group) → complesso, gruppo
2. vt (also group together) → raggruppare
3. vi (also group together) → raggrupparsi
4. adj (discussion, photo) → di gruppo, collettivo/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
group
(gruːp) noun1. a number of persons or things together. a group of boys.
2. a group of people who play or sing together. a pop group; a folk group.
verb to form into a group or groups. The children grouped round the teacher.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
group
→ جَماعَة, مَجْمُوعَةٌ skupina, spousta gruppe, mængde Gruppe, Menge ομάδα, παρτίδα grupo, mucho joukko, ryhmä beaucoup (de), groupe grupa, mnogo gruppo, tanto グループ, 群れ 무리, 집단 groep, heleboel gruppe, samling grupa, los grupo, lote, muito большое количество, группа andel, grupp กลุ่ม, จำนวนมาก grup, topluluk một lượng lớn, nhóm 批, 组Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
group
n. grupo, conglomerado;
support ___ → ___ de soporte.
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group
n grupo; age — grupo etario (form), grupo de edad; blood — (form) grupo sanguíneo (form), tipo de sangre; peer — grupo de iguales, grupo de personas de la misma edad y aproximadamente el mismo estatus social que comparten los mismos intereses y creencias y que influyen uno en el otro; support — grupo de apoyoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.