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.

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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

By grouping planets based on shared features and their positions in space, they were able to identify clusters that are more likely to have been shaped by biological activity.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Growth in advanced economies—a grouping including Australia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan—is expected to slow to 2.2% this year from 2.5% in 2025, before weakening to 1.8% in 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

"It's just simply a monstrosity, but this signifies the end" of the grouping, "in which we already no longer participate," Petro earlier said on X.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

That could include less travel, grouping chores and carpooling.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

In Western music, the grouping of notes into families began with the Ancient Greeks, who gave each of the note-families, which they called tonoi or harmoniai, the name of a certain tribe or locality.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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