Word: Group

Pronunciation

/ɡruːp/

Definitions

• Noun: A collection of individuals or things that are gathered together or considered as a whole. It can refer to people, animals, objects, or even abstract concepts that share some common characteristic or purpose. For example: “The group of students discussed their project ideas.”

  • Mathematical context: In mathematics, a group is a set of elements combined with an operation that satisfies certain properties (like closure, associativity, having an identity element, and each element having an inverse).

  • Verb: To gather or arrange people or things into a group, category, or cluster. For example: “The teacher grouped the students according to their reading levels.”

Phrases

• “In a group”: Refers to being part of a collective or assembly.
• “Group discussion”: A conversation or exchange of ideas among a number of people.
• “Break into groups”: To divide a larger assembly into smaller units for a specific purpose.
• “Group therapy”: A form of psychotherapy where several people meet to discuss common issues under the guidance of a therapist.
• “Groupthink”: A phenomenon where the desire for harmony or conformity within a group can lead to irrational or dysfunctional decision-making.

Example Sentences

• Noun: “The hiking group set off early in the morning.”
• Verb: “The manager grouped the tasks based on priority and assigned them to team members.”

Synonyms

• Collection
• Set
• Assembly
• Cluster
• Gathering
• Batch
• Team
• Crowd
• Mob
• Band
• Troop (for people)
• Classify (as a verb)