cluster

Pluralclusters

Formsclusters, clustering, clustered

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A group of things that are very close together.

   A cluster of grapes hung from the vine.

   There was a small cluster of houses near the lake.

   Similarbunch, group, clump, mass, knot

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A group of people or animals gathered close together in one place.

   A cluster of children stood around the ice cream truck.

   Bees poured out of the hive in a thick cluster.

   Similargroup, huddle, knot, crowd, bunch

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3. 3
   verbintransitive

   To come together and form a close group.

   The students cluster around the teacher when she reads aloud.

   Shops clustered near the train station.

   Similargather, congregate, assemble, crowd, huddle

   Oppositedisperse, scatter

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4. 4
   verbtransitive

   To put people or things into close groups.

   The teacher clustered the desks into small groups.

   We cluster the chairs near the window for story time.

   Similargroup, bunch, gather, collect

   Oppositescatter, disperse, spread

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5. 5
   nouncountable

   A group of computers that are joined together to work as one system.

   Like a team of people sharing one big job.

   The school's new cluster of computers can run big science programs.

   If one machine in the cluster breaks, the others keep working.

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6. 6
   nouncountable

   A group of cases of the same illness that happen near each other or around the same time.

   Doctors found a cluster of flu cases at the school.

   Health workers tested the water after a cluster of stomach illnesses in one town.

   Similaroutbreak

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7. 7
   nouncountable

   A group of stars or galaxies that look close together in the night sky.

   Through the telescope, the cluster looked like a tiny patch of glowing stars.

   On clear nights you can spot the Pleiades, a bright cluster in the winter sky.

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8. 8
   verbtransitive

   To cover or fill a place with small close groups of things.

   Her notebook cover was clustered with bright stickers.

   We cluster small candles on every table for the party.

   Similardot, stud, sprinkle, group, bunch

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9. 9
   nounslangeuphemistic

   A milder slang form of clusterfuck: a situation where everything goes wrong at once.

   The school play was a total cluster, with missing props, late actors, and no lights.

   Moving day turned into a complete cluster when the truck never showed up.

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10. 10
    nouncountable

    A group of things in data that are alike and clearly different from the rest.

    Like sorting buttons into piles where each pile holds buttons that look the same.

    The survey showed one clear cluster of people who shop only online.

    Doctors looked at two clusters in the test results and studied each group on its own.

    Similargrouping, group

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