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Synonyms

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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“House reality is having another moment again,” said Fox TV President Michael Thorn, referring to the concept of grouping contestants under one roof for the season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Meanwhile, in Milan, thousands of supporters of the Patriots for Europe party, a right-wing grouping in the European Parliament, gathered for a rally.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

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

Over the past month, only one grouping within the S&P 500 has traded in the green, and it is energy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But in any case an elaborate mental training, undergone in childhood and grouping itself round the Newspeak words crimestop, blackwhite, and doublethink, makes him unwilling and unable to think too deeply on any subject whatever.

From "1984" by George Orwell

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