group
pronunciation
How to pronounce group in British English:
UK [ɡruːp]
How to pronounce group in American English:
US [ɡruːp]
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- Noun:
- any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
- (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
- a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse
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- Verb:
- arrange into a group or groups
- form a group or group together
Word Origin
- group
- group: [17] Group was originally a term in art criticism. It referred to the disposition of a set of figures or objects in a painting, drawing, etc. Not until the 18th century was it used in its current general sense. It comes via French groupe from Italian gruppo, which was borrowed originally from prehistoric Germanic *kruppaz ‘round mass, lump’ (formed from the same base as produced English crop).=> crop
- group (n.)
- 1690s, originally an art criticism term, "assemblage of figures or objects forming a harmonious whole in a painting or design," from French groupe "cluster, group" (17c.), from Italian gruppo "group, knot," which probably is, with Spanish grupo, from a Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz "round mass, lump," part of the general group of Germanic kr- words with the sense :rounded mass" (such as crop (n.). Extended to "any assemblage, a number of individuals related in some way" by 1736. Meaning "pop music combo" is from 1958.
- group (v.)
- "form into a group or groups," 1718 (transitive), 1801 (intransitive), from group (n.). Related: Grouped; grouping.
Example
- 1. Each singing group had a table .
- 2. Alibaba group is aware of those difficulties .
- 3. Each plan covers a different group of workers .
- 4. Introduce them to members of your group .
- 5. Did you go to that drama group ?