grouping
/ˈɡɹuːpɪŋ/
grouping is the present participle and gerund of group.
Noun
grouping (countable and uncountable, plural groupings)
- A collection of things or people united as a group.
- In bony, ribby regions of the earth, where at the base of high broken cliffs masses of rock lie strewn in fantastic groupings upon the plain, you will often discover images as of the petrified forms of the Leviathan partly merged in grass, which of a windy day breaks against them in a surf of green...1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
- Combining into groups.
- Shot grouping.
Meaning of group
Verb
group (third-person singular simple present groups, present participle grouping, simple past and past participle grouped)
- To put together to form a group.
- group the dogs by hair colour
- Synonyms:
- amass
- To come together to form a group.
- For many people forming pods last year, finding compatible people to group with was not a cost but a goal.2021 October 1, Calder Katyal, “Schools Need to Undo the Damage of Pods”, in The Atlantic
- Synonyms:
- assemble
- To eliminate in the group stage of a competition.
- Clubs like Real Sociedad are getting grouped in the Europa League. Even clubs like Atletico Madrid and Villareal are finding it hard to progress to the R16 in the UCL.2022 April 5, leocic (@leocitic), “leocic on Twitter”, in Twitter
Forms of grouping
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Words formed from grouping
Words that rhyme with grouping
Questions about grouping
- What does grouping mean?
- Grouping means a collection of things or people united as a group.
- What is grouping the present participle and gerund of?
- Grouping is the present participle and gerund of group.
- What part of speech is grouping?
- Grouping is a noun.
- How do you pronounce grouping?
- Grouping is pronounced /ˈɡɹuːpɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of grouping?
- The plural of grouping is groupings.
Words near grouping in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: grouping (page history and authors); group (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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