family grouping

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noun

a system, used usually in the infant school, of grouping children of various ages together, esp for project workAlso called: vertical grouping

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Words nearby family grouping

Family Compact, family court, family credit, Family Division, family doctor, family grouping, family hour, family jewels, family leave, family man, family medicine

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Everywhere I go, ‘Hey Cartman, you must like Family Guy, right?’
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The third suspect, an 18-year-old named Hamyd Mourad, who turned himself in, is part of the same extended family.
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Saved from the public gallows, Weeks was virtually exiled from the city, and wound up in Mississippi, where he raised a family.
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A spokesman for Lewisham council said last year that it would be forced to act if the family returned to Britain.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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And that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.
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“This house must have been the hotel of some distinguished family, Baron; it is nobly proportioned,” said David Arden.
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What course was taken to supply that assembly when any noble family became extinct?
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The pig family did not know when Squinty would be taken away from them, and all they could do was to wait.
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Mrs. Jolly Robin had often wished—when she was trying to feed a rapidly-growing family—that she could hunt forp.
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