grouped
- 1Simple past and past participle of group.
The committee grouped the proposals by topic before voting.
Similar species are grouped together under a single family name.
Note
Two uses of the verb hide behind one spelling. In the transitive use, someone puts things together, so it passes easily into the passive: the proposals were grouped by topic. In the intransitive use, things come together on their own. That use has no passive and usually wants a place phrase: the players grouped near the goal. Since the past and the participle look alike, only the auxiliary separates them: had grouped, were grouped, or plain grouped.
The children grouped around the teacher as the bell rang.
By dusk the protesters had grouped near the gates.
grouped is a form of group
group, verb: To put people or things together into a group, or to come together to form one. Full entry
- Spelling
- group → grouped: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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