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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

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Etymology

Origin of grouping

1740–50; See group, -ing 1, -ing 2

Example Sentences

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The new research, published in Nature Communications, tackles this problem by grouping spacetime fluctuations into three main categories based on how they behave across space and time.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

The G7, an informal grouping of the US, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, helps shape policy debates in the world's wealthiest nations.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Subsequent probes ousted a loose grouping of officers, led by Zhang’s perceived rivals, who once served with a PLA formation in the southeastern province of Fujian, a power base for Xi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Clergy from a conservative grouping of the Anglican Church are meeting this week in Nigeria's capital Abuja to choose a rival to the first female Archbishop of Canterbury.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

The woman was wilder, her eyes shifting restlessly between the men facing her, and the loose grouping around me, her chaotic hair quivering in the slight breeze.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

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