26984 words

groups

11 definitions • 21 examples
1
a number of people or things that are put together or considered as a unit:

Examples:

group of I'm meeting a group of friends for dinner tonight.
The car was parked near a small group of trees.
She showed me another group of pictures, this time of children playing.
2
a number of people who play music together, especially pop music:

Examples:

What's your favourite group?
4
a number of football teams who play each other in a competition. The winners of the group move onto the next stage of the competion :

Examples:

The Danes were the surprise winners of their group.
5
the first part of a football competition in which teams are divided into groups and play only the other teams in their group. The winners of each group move onto the next stage of the competition:

Examples:

The team failed to progress beyond the group stages of Euro 2012.
6
to form a group or put people or things into a group:

Examples:

We all grouped together around the bride for a family photograph.
The books were grouped by size.
7
a number of people or things that are together or considered as a unit:

Examples:

a group of trees
I’m meeting a group of friends for dinner.
8
A group is also a number of people who play music together, especially popular music:

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9
A group is also any of the columns in the periodic table of chemical elements.
10
a business that contains several different companies:

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11
a number of people or things that are put together or considered as a single thing:

Examples:

group of sth This deal has been backed by a group of external investors.
This group of drugs are known as taxanes.
I want someone who is going to work in a group.

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