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  • present participle of group.
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grouping

American  
[groo-ping] / ˈgru pɪŋ /

noun

  1. an act or process of placing in groups.

  2. a set or arrangement of persons or things in a group.


grouping British  
/ ˈɡruːpɪŋ /

noun

  1. a planned arrangement of things, people, etc, within a group

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of grouping

1740–50; See group, -ing 1, -ing 2

Example Sentences

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Grouping meat with flights, cruises and petrol and diesel cars reframes it from a purely private dietary choice to a climate issue.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Grouping objects of similar shape, size or color together is a wonderful way to have them relate.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2023

"Troops from the Russian component of the Regional Grouping of Forces will start arriving in Belarus in the next few days," the Minsk defence ministry said.

From Reuters • Oct. 14, 2022

Grouping them all as “cybersecurity” problems makes solving them harder.

From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2019

All work on the Hyperatomic Drive through all the space volume occupied by the Stations of the Twenty-Seventh Asteroidal Grouping came to a halt.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

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