GROUPING Synonyms: 212 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈgrü-piŋ

Definition of grouping

as in cluster

a number of things considered as a unit the standard grouping for an average living room: sofa, matching wing chairs, and the inevitable coffee table

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as in group

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit the next grouping of tourists can start the house tour as soon as the last bunch leaves

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grouping

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verb

present participle of group

as in classifying

to arrange or assign according to type you should first group the invertebrates by genus

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as in assembling

to bring together in one body or place group the kids together and we'll see if they're all here

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Recent Examples of grouping

Noun

For this humble fishing village in Yemen, a tumbledown grouping of barely-there huts nestled between the water and an imposing mountain range, stands sentinel over one of the world’s most vital waterways. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 In public health, the head of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention stressed the need for the continent to manufacture its own vaccines, and to do so in regional groupings. — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Verb

Start small by grouping items by type, discarding excess, and using storage solutions to maintain order and functionality. — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2026 In their first reps of 11-on-11s, the Patriots deployed a base personnel grouping with three defensive tackles and three inside linebackers (Spillane, Elliss and Muma). — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for grouping

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Noun

Now, after the top 25 are picked, conversations can be had about whether the committee wants to re-rank any cluster of teams next to each other.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
North Indiana Avenue Apartments A cluster of apartment buildings that face each other in the 100 block of North Indiana Avenue show the growth of multifamily housing along major corridors in northeast Kansas City in the earlier 1900s.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of cluster

Noun

The case originates from a change in admissions policy that began a decade ago, when a consulting group was hired to evaluate how the school system chose students for its middle school magnet programs.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
The money will go to conservation groups and local partners working on species the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies as endangered, critically endangered, or extinct in the wild.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of group

Verb

The software generates a score from zero to 100, classifying a patient as low, intermediate, or high risk.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Below, members of Forbes Technology Council share strategies for classifying large volumes of unstructured data while keeping the manual workload manageable.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Ukraine has earned worldwide recognition for its cutting-edge drone industry, designing and assembling systems that have changed modern warfare.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Those aren't great odds, but as Dodgers fans kept reminding everyone while assembling their superteam, baseball is inherently random.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of assembling

Noun

But last year, during Black Friday, Hello82 put up the first batch of tickets for the festival, promising K-pop acts and events, sans any artists officially attached or a specific date.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Advertisement There are only two of them at home, so a big batch can mean eating the same dinner several nights running.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of batch

Noun

Rounding things out are a bunch of regional banks, American Express , Netflix , Procter & Gamble , and oilfield services companies SLB and Halliburton .

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
But Brolin and creator Brian Watkins’ take on the subgenre was easily the most interesting and ambitious of the bunch.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of bunch

Verb

Piper Sandler's survey offered signs that Vans may finally be stabilizing — ranking as the seventh-most-popular footwear brand among male teens after years of sinking in the rankings and climbing to ninth among upper-income male teens.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
What’s Trending in the NFL, ranking the most controversial coaching decisions from the past week.

— Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of ranking

Verb

Americans in general did not want the government collecting unified, know-all records of every citizen.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Leaders should also consider how factoring may affect customer relationships, particularly when the factor takes an active role in collecting receivables.

— Andrew Coon, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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