groups

We have found lemma(root) word of groups : group.

Definitions


[ɡruːp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together
(e.g: a group of boys approached)

- a set of elements occupying a column in the periodic table and having broadly similar properties arising from their similar electronic structure

- a set of elements, together with an associative binary operation, which contains an inverse for each element and an identity element

- (in systemic grammar) a level of structure between clause and word, broadly corresponding to phrase in other grammars


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century: from French groupe, from Italian gruppo, of Germanic origin; related to crop


[ɡruːp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- put in a group or groups
(e.g: three chairs were grouped around a table)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century: from French groupe, from Italian gruppo, of Germanic origin; related to crop




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