# grouping

Pronunciation: say "GROO-ping" /ˈɡɹuːpɪŋ/

## Noun

1. A collection of people or things brought together and treated as a single group.
   - Simple: A set of people or things placed together because they share something.
   - _The committee proposed a new grouping of departments to streamline reporting._
   - _Political analysts identified several distinct groupings within the new coalition._
2. The act of combining people or things into groups.
   - Simple: The act of putting people or things together into groups.
   - _The grouping of similar tasks improved the team's efficiency._
   - _Effective grouping of data points is essential before analysis begins._
4. The pattern formed by a series of shots on a target, showing how closely together they land.
   - Simple: How close together a set of shots land on a target.
   - _The shooter's grouping tightened noticeably after she adjusted her stance._
   - _Testers praised the rifle's consistent grouping at long range._

## Verb

3. Present participle of group. — present participle and gerund of group
   - Simple: Present participle of group. Use this form when the action of grouping is happening now.
   - _The software is grouping similar files automatically._
   - _Researchers are grouping the samples by region before testing._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/grouping (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).