group
[ groop ]
/ grup /
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noun
verb (used with object)
to place or associate together in a group, as with others.
to arrange in or form into a group or groups.
verb (used without object)
to form a group.
to be part of a group.
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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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1665–75; <French groupe<Italian gruppo ≪ Germanic
grammar notes for group
1, 2. See collective noun.
OTHER WORDS FROM group
groupwise, adverbsu·per·group, nounun·grouped, adjectiveWords nearby group
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British Dictionary definitions for group
group
/ (ɡruːp) /
noun
verb
to arrange or place (things, people, etc) in or into a group or (of things, etc) to form into a group
Word Origin for group
C17: from French groupe, of Germanic origin; compare Italian gruppo; see crop
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Medical definitions for group
group
[ grōōp ]
n.
An assemblage of persons or objects gathered or located together; an aggregation.
A class or collection of related objects or entities.
Two or more atoms that behave or that are regarded as behaving as a single chemical unit.
v.
To place or arrange in a group.
To belong to or form a group.
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Scientific definitions for group
group
[ grōōp ]
Chemistry
- Two or more atoms that are bound together and act as a unit in a number of chemical compounds, such as a hydroxyl (OH) group.
- In the Periodic Table, a vertical column that contains elements having the same number of electrons in the outermost shell of their atoms. Elements in the same group have similar chemical properties. See Periodic Table.
Mathematics A set with an operation whose domain is all ordered pairs of members of the set, such that the operation is binary (operates on two elements) and associative, the set contains the identity element of the operation, and each element of the set has an inverse element for the operation. The positive and negative integers and zero form a set that is a group under the operation of ordinary addition, since zero is the identity element of addition and the negative of each integer is its inverse. Groups are used extensively in quantum physics and chemistry to model phenomena involving symmetry and invariance.
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