group
verb/ɡruːp/
/ɡruːp/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they group | /ɡruːp/ /ɡruːp/ |
| he / she / it groups | /ɡruːps/ /ɡruːps/ |
| past simple grouped | /ɡruːpt/ /ɡruːpt/ |
| past participle grouped | /ɡruːpt/ /ɡruːpt/ |
| -ing form grouping | /ˈɡruːpɪŋ/ /ˈɡruːpɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to gather into a group; to make somebody/something form a group
- group somebody/something/yourself (round/around somebody/something) The children grouped themselves around their teacher.
- Most of the houses were grouped around the church.
- group round/around somebody/something We all grouped around the tree for a photograph.
- They sat grouped around the fire.
- group (somebody/something) together The colleges grouped together to offer a wider range of courses.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- closely
- broadly
- loosely
- …
- according to
- by
- around
- …
- group something under a heading
- [transitive] to divide people or things into groups of people or things that are similar in some way
- group somebody/something (together) (by something) The books are grouped together by subject.
- group somebody/something + adv./prep. Contestants were grouped according to age and ability.
- The proteins have been grouped into five different classes.
Extra Examples- The children were grouped by age.
- Eggs were grouped according to colour and size.
- The names were grouped under four different headings.
- These stories can be loosely grouped into three types.
- Works in the exhibition are grouped thematically.
- Topics for the second year can be grouped under three headings.
- The England team was grouped with Uruguay and Holland.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- closely
- broadly
- loosely
- …
- according to
- by
- around
- …
- group something under a heading
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French groupe, from Italian gruppo, of Germanic origin; related to crop.
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