group

(groups grouping grouped)
1 [N-COUNT-COLL] oft N of n
A group of people or things is a number of people or things which are together in one place at one time.
The trouble involved a small group of football supporters...
The students work in groups on complex problems.
2 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
A group is a set of people who have the same interests or aims, and who organize themselves to work or act together.
...the Minority Rights Group...
Members of an environmental group are staging a protest inside a chemical plant.
3 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
A group is a set of people, organizations, or things which are considered together because they have something in common.
She is among the most promising players in her age group...
As a group, today's old people are still relatively deprived.
4 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
A group is a number of separate commercial or industrial firms which all have the same owner. (BUSINESS)
The group made a pre-tax profit of £1.05 million.
...a French-based insurance group.
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A group is a number of musicians who perform together, especially ones who play popular music.
At school he played bass in a pop group called The Urge.
...Billy Bragg's backing group.
= band
6 [VERB] be V-ed prep, V pl-n with together, V together, also V n prep
If a number of things or people are grouped together or group together, they are together in one place or within one organization or system.
The fact sheets are grouped into seven sections...
The G-7 organization groups together the world's seven leading industrialized nations...
We want to encourage them to group together to act as a big purchaser.
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see also grouping, blood group, pressure group, pressure group