Group

Noun

 * 1) A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
 * There is a group of houses behind the hill.
 * A group of people gathered in front of the Parliament to demonstrate against the Prime Minister's proposals.
 * He left town to join a Communist group
 * 1)  A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.
 * 2) A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
 * Did you see the new jazz group?
 * 1)  A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
 * 2)  A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
 * 3)  A functional entity consisting of certain atoms whose presence provides a certain property to a molecule, such as the methyl group.
 * 4)  A subset of a culture or of a society.
 * 5)  An air force formation.
 * 6)  A collection of formations or rock strata.
 * 7)  In the Unix operating system, a number of users with same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.
 * 8) An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.

Synonyms

 * (number of things or persons being in some relation to each other): collection, set
 * (people who perform music together): band, ensemble
 * See also Thesaurus:group

Derived terms

 * Abelian group, abelian group
 * factor group
 * free group
 * general linear group
 * girl group
 * group homomorphism
 * group isomorphism
 * group leader
 * group representation


 * group theory
 * Local Group
 * p-group
 * pop group
 * quotient group
 * simple group
 * subgroup
 * Lie group
 * fundamental group

Verb

 * 1)  To put together to form a group.
 * 2)  To come together to form a group.

Synonyms

 * (put together to form a group): amass, categorise/categorize, classify, collect, collect up, gather, gather together, gather up

Adjectives for Group
ancillary; afflicted; exclusive; oncoming; limited; select; co-ordinated; ethnic; personified; heterogeneous; non-listening; cultural; pedimental;  garrulous;  chattery; valid; specialized; waning; geographical; parental; enthusiastic; civic; statuesque; spurious; flitting; sparse; straggling; considerable; loitering; vocational; remarkable; federated; unscrupulous; racial; efficient; distinct; sympathetic; lethargic; care" less; weird; complete; dominant; diversified; overlapping; huddled; gesticulating; noisiest; lazy; divers (pi); representative; congenial; curious; listless; clustering; odious; humiliated; stalwart; grotesque; irregular; silent; lounging; intramural; brilliant; singular; denominational; allegorical; fearful; impressive; loquacious; detached; emblematic; spectacular; hedgehog; jovial; executive; jeering; sullen; craning; militant; prolific; controlling; anarchical; indispensable; producing; tractable; mournful; isolated; sobbing; pressure; elaborate; hostile; molecular; negligible; decorative.

Verbs for Group
assemble in—; belong to—; break with—; cluster in—; collect in—; compose—; divide into—s; disperse—; draft—; form—; gather —; huddle in—; lead—; scatter in—; segregate—s; split into—s; stand in—; work in —; —congregates; —co-operates; —gath¬ers; —roves; —s spring up; —survies; — thins; —visions; —wanes; —yields.

Adverbs for Group
systematically; logically; categorically; picturesquely; vocationally; carelessly; representatively; congenially; elaborately; decoratively.

Thesaurus
American, Art Nouveau, Ashcan school, Barbizon, Bauhaus, Bolognese, British, Bund, Cobra, Dutch, Flemish, Fontainebleau, French, German band, Italian, Mannerist, Milanese, Modenese, Momentum, Neapolitan, New York, Paduan, Parisian, Phases, Philharmonic, Pre-Raphaelite, Raphaelite, Reflex, Restany, Rochdale cooperative, Roman, Scottish, Sienese, Spur, Suprematism, The Ten, Tuscan, Umbrian, Venetian, Washington, accumulate, accumulation, adjust, affiliation, age group, agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, aggroup, alliance, alphabetize, amass, amount, analyze, appraise, arrange, array, art schools, assemblage, assemble, assembly, assess, association, assort, assortment, axis, band, batch, battalion, battery, bevy, big band, bloc, blood, body, bolt, bracket, branch, brass, brass band, brass choir, brass quintet, brass section, brasses, break down, brigade, bring together, budget, bulk, bunch, bunch together, bunch up, bundle, cabal, cadre, callithumpian band, camarilla, cartel, cast, caste, catalog, catalogue, categorize, category, cell, chain, chamber orchestra, charmed circle, chunk, church, circle, clan, class, classify, clique, closed circle, clot, club, clump, cluster, clutch, coalition, codify, cohort, collate, collect, collection, college, colligate, collocate, combination, combine, combo, common market, communion, community, company, compare, compile, complement, concert band, confederacy, confederation, congeries, conglomerate, conglomeration, congregation, consumer cooperative, contingent, cooperative, cooperative society, copse, corps, corral, coterie, council, count, couple, covey, credit union, crew, crop, crowd, cumulate, customs union, deal, denomination, desks, detachment, detail, dig up, digest, dispose, divide, division, dixieland band, dose, draw together, dredge up, drive together, eclectic, economic community, elite, elite group, enlarge, ensemble, estate, evaluate, faction, factor, federation, fellowship, file, fleet, free trade area, gamelan orchestra, gang, gather, gather in, gather together, gathering, gauge, get in, get together, gob, gradate, grade, graduate, grouping, groupment, groups, grove, guild, hassock, head, heading, heap, hunk, identify, in-group, index, ingroup, inner circle, jazz band, join, jug band, junta, junto, juxtapose, kin, knot, label, large amount, league, level, list, look-alikes, lot, lump together, machine, make up, mass, match, matching pair, measure, mess, military band, mob, mobilize, movement, muster, number, offshoot, orchestra, order, organization, organize, out-group, outfit, pack, pair, parcel, part, partner, partnership, party, passel, peer group, persuasion, phalanx, pigeonhole, pile, place, platoon, plein-air, political machine, pool, portion, position, posse, predicament, proportion, push, put together, quantity, quartet, quintet, race, ragtime band, raise, rake up, rally, range, rank, rate, rating, ration, regiment, religious order, riddle, ring, rock-and-roll group, round up, rubric, ruck, salon, schism, school, scrape together, screen, sect, sectarism, section, segment, separate, sept, series, set, set apart, sextet, shock, sieve, sift, size, skiffle band, slew, small amount, society, sort, sort out, squad, stable, station, status, steel band, stook, strain, stratum, street band, string, string band, string choir, string orchestra, string quartet, strings, subdivide, subdivision, subgroup, suborder, subordinate, suite, sum, swing band, symphony, symphony orchestra, tabulate, take up, team, thicket, thrash out, tier, title, tribe, trio, troop, troupe, trust, tuft, tussock, twins, type, union, unit, variety, version, waits, we-group, weigh, whip in, wing, winnow, wisp, woodwind, woodwind choir, woodwind quartet, woodwinds

Alternative forms

 * groupe

Etymology
From groupe:, from  gruppo:, of  origin, from. Cognate with German Kropf:, Old English cropp:, Dutch krop:, Old Norse kroppr:. More at,.

Noun

 * Arabic:, جماعة
 * Armenian: խումբ
 * Basque: talde
 * Belarusian: група
 * Bulgarian: група
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 集團, 集团, 群, 組, 组
 * Croatian: ,
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 * Dutch: groep (nl), verzameling
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 * Finnish: ,
 * French: groupe (fr)
 * German: Gruppe (de)
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 * Indonesian: kelompok
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: グループ, 集団
 * Kazakh: топ


 * Korean: 그룹
 * Kurdish:
 * Latvian: grupa
 * Lithuanian: grupė
 * Macedonian: група
 * Marathi: samooha
 * Persian: گروه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: Grupo
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, коллектив
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 * Cyrillic: група
 * Roman: grupa
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 * Telugu: సమూహం (samooham), గుంపు (gumpu)
 * Ukrainian: група
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: kloft


 * Armenian: խումբ
 * Basque: talde
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 * Greek: (omáda)
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 * Armenian: խումբ
 * Basque: talde
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 * Armenian: խումբ
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 * Chinese:
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 * Indonesian: kelompok
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 * Swahili: makundi


 * Chinese: 飛行大隊, 飞行大队 (fēixíng dàduì)
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 * Russian:
 * Swahili: makundi


 * Swahili:, makundi


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 * German: Benutzergruppe
 * Swahili: makundi

Verb

 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ryhmitellä, luokitella
 * French:
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 * Italian:
 * Romanian: a grupa
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: gruppera