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

Though not every piece succeeds, their groupings allow them to relate to and extend one another with a casual, familial poise.

From The Wall Street Journal

Togo needs to remain at the heart of the Ecowas regional grouping and, in fact, sits astride the key Lagos-Abidjan transport corridor, a major development priority for the bloc.

From BBC

But Mannheim didn’t think of generations as concrete groupings that emerge at regularly spaced intervals, and he certainly wasn’t proposing that we could understand individual behavior or consumption trends through this framework.

From Salon

Researchers have known for years that these complexes can assemble into larger, flexible groupings called supercomplexes.

From Science Daily

Many bowls display floral patterns with petal numbers that follow clear numerical sequences, including 4, 8, 16, 32, and even groupings of 64 flowers.

From Science Daily

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