Dictionary Definition
group
Noun
1 any number of entities (members) considered as
a unit [syn: grouping]
2 (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as
a single unit and forming part of a molecule [syn: radical, chemical
group]
3 a set that is closed, associative, has an
identity element and every element has an inverse [syn: mathematical
group]
Verb
1 arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group
these shapes together?"
2 form a group or group together [syn: aggroup]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Alternative spellings
- groupe (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- /gɹuːp/
- Rhymes: -uːp
Etymology
From groupe.Noun
- 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
- A group of people gathered in front of the Parliament to demonstrate against the Prime Minister's proposals.
- There is a group of houses behind the hill.
- A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.
- A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
- Did you see the new jazz group?
- A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
- A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
- A functional entity consisting of certain atoms whose presence provides a certain property to a molecule, such as the methyl group.
- A subset of a culture or of a society.
- An air force formation.
- A collection of formations or rock strata.
- In the Unix operating system, a number of users with same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.
Synonyms
- (number of things or persons being in some relation to each other): collection, set
- (people who perform music together): band, ensemble
Derived terms
- Abelian group, abelian group
- factor group
- free group
- general linear group
- girl group
- group homomorphism
- group isomorphism
- group representation
- group theory
- Local Group
- p-group
- pop group
- quotient group
- simple group
- subgroup
- Lie group
- fundamental group
Translations
number of things or persons being in some
relation to each other
- Arabic: مجموعة
- Chinese: 集團, 集团 (jítuán); 群 (qún)
- Croatian: grupa, skupina
- Czech: skupina
- Dutch: groep (nl) , verzameling
- Finnish: joukko, ryhmä
- French: groupe (fr)
- German: Gruppe (de)
- Greek: ομάδα
- Hebrew: קבוצה
- Hungarian: csoport
- Italian: gruppo
- Klingon: ghommey
- Kurdish:
- Persian: (goruh')
- Romanian: grup
- Russian: группа
- Slovene: skupina
- Spanish: grupo
- Swedish: grupp
- Telugu: సమూహం (samooham), గుంపు (gumpu)
- Welsh: twr
- West Frisian: keppel
in group theory
people who perform music together
- Croatian: grupa
- Czech: skupina
- German: Gruppe
- Greek: συγκρότημα (syngkrótima)
- Hebrew: להקה
- Hungarian: együttes
- Persian: (goruh')
- Spanish: grupo
small number of galaxies
column in the periodic table
functional entity consisting of certain atoms
whose presence provides a certain property to a molecule
subset of a culture or of a society
- Chinese (traditional): 組 (zǔ)
- Croatian: grupa
- German: Gruppe
air force formation
- Chinese (traditional): 飛行大隊 (fēixíng dàduì)
- Hebrew: להק
collection of formations or rock strata
in Unix
- Croatian: grupa
- Czech: skupina
- German: Benutzergruppe
Verb
- To put together to form a group.
Synonyms
- (put together to form a group): amass, categorise/categorize, classify, collect, collect up, gather, gather together, gather up
Translations
to put together to form a group
- Czech: seskupit
- Finnish: ryhmitellä, luokitella
- French: grouper
- German: gruppieren
- Romanian: a grupa
- Swedish: gruppera
Extensive Definition
Group can refer to:
- Group (auto racing)
- Group identifier (Unix)
- Business group, a collection of legally distinct business entities
- Group (travel), a set of individuals traveling together
- A musical ensemble or band
- Group insurance covering people with common characteristics
In sociology:
- Group (sociology), a sub-set of a culture or of a society
- Group behaviour
- Group action (sociology)
- Groups of people, a description of various different human groups
- Interest group
- Group process
- Language group, also known as a language family
In the military:
- Group (air force), an air force formation
- Army group
- Group Captain
In science and mathematics:
- Group (mathematics), a set together with a binary operation satisfying certain algebraic conditions in group theory
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Groups and clusters of galaxies, a small number of galaxies
near each other
- Local Group, containing the Milky Way Galaxy
- Periodic table group, a column in the periodic table of chemical elements
- Functional group, a functional entity consisting of certain atoms whose presence provides a certain property to a molecule
- Group (optics), a set of lenses stacked together
- A collection of formations, or rock strata in geology
- Group delay and phase delay
- Group isomorphism
- Group action
- Group object
In computing:
- Group editor
- Group (computing), a collection of users or other objects
On the internet:
In animals:
- Dog Breeds Groups, the Group or category to which breeds of dogs are assigned by Kennel Clubs
group in Arabic: مجموعة
group in Bulgarian: Група
group in Catalan: Grup
group in Czech: Skupina
group in Welsh: Grŵp
group in Danish: Gruppe
group in German: Gruppe
group in Spanish: Grupo
group in Esperanto: Grupo
group in French: Groupe
group in Korean: 그룹
group in Ido: Grupo
group in Italian: Gruppo
group in Georgian: ჯგუფი
group in Lithuanian: Grupė
group in Hungarian: Csoport (egyértelműsítő
lap)
group in Dutch: Groep
group in Japanese: グループ
group in Norwegian: Gruppe
group in Norwegian Nynorsk: Gruppe
group in Polish: Grupa
group in Portuguese: Grupo
group in Romanian: Grup
group in Russian: Группа
group in Slovak: Skupina (sociológia)
group in Serbian: Група
group in Finnish: Ryhmä
group in Swedish: Grupp
group in Thai: กรุ๊ป
who
are the members of the groupsSynonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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