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View synonyms for grouping

grouping

[ groo-ping ]

noun

  1. an act or process of placing in groups.
  2. a set or arrangement of persons or things in a group.


grouping

/ ˈɡruːpɪŋ /

noun

  1. a planned arrangement of things, people, etc, within a group


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Word History and Origins

Origin of grouping1

1740–50; See group, -ing 1, -ing 2

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Example Sentences

The show is arranged by themes, but this mostly serves as a useful grouping exercise.

The monks divide up the thousands of corpses by gender, age, and profession, grouping them in separate chambers.

One grouping of relapses came around 18 months after surgery, and a second smaller one cropped up around 60 months.

Grouping them by geography and socioeconomic status (Real Housewives) is another.

And grouping them by geography, socioeconomic status, and ethno-national background (Shahs of Sunset) is yet another.

In estivo-autumnal fever the regular grouping, while usually present at first, is soon lost, thus causing "irregular malaria."

A dark moon has joined this celestial grouping, and is now swinging in an orbit about the earth.

The selection and grouping of these objects is spoken of as the composition of the picture.

But his pictures had no elaborate grouping, which is one of the excellences of modern art.

His style was modified by the contemplation of the sculptures of Phidias, and he taught the true method of grouping.

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