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noun
A collection of things or people united as a group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Combining into groups.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Shot grouping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
present participle and gerund of group
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: group
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: abstraction, abstract entity
Narrower terms: world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man, arrangement, straggle, kingdom, biological group, community, biotic community, people, social group, collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage, edition, electron shell, ethnic group, ethnos, race, association, swarm, cloud, subgroup, sainthood, citizenry, population, multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, the great unwashed, varna, circuit, system, scheme, series, actinoid, actinide, actinon, rare earth, rare-earth element, lanthanoid, lanthanide, lanthanon, halogen, Great Lakes
noun
the activity of putting things together in groups
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: activity
Narrower terms: pairing, punctuation, phrasing, categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment, collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation, sorting
noun
a system for classifying things into groups
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pigeonholing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: classification system
History
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Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
