grouping

Pluralgroupings

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A set of people or things placed together because they share something.

   Like sorting toys into boxes, where each box holds things that belong together.

   The teacher made a new grouping of students for the science project.

   The chart sorts the wild animals into four colorful groupings.

   Similarcluster, faction, bloc, arrangement

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The act of putting people or things together into groups.

   Like sorting laundry into piles of shirts, socks, and pants.

   The grouping of students by age makes lessons easier to plan.

   Careful grouping of the books helped readers find titles faster.

   Similarclustering, classification, categorization, sorting, arrangement

3. 3
   verb

   Present participle of group. Use this form when the action of grouping is happening now.

   She is grouping the cards by color right now.

   The kids are grouping their toys before bedtime.

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4. 4
   nouncountable or uncountable

   How close together a set of shots land on a target.

   Like throwing several darts and seeing how close they land to one another.

   Her grouping at fifty yards was tight enough to win the match.

   A steady hand gives you a better grouping on the target.

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