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grouping

noun
group·​ing | \ ˈgrü-piÅ‹ How to pronounce grouping (audio) \

Definition of grouping

1 : the act or process of combining in groups
2 : a set of objects combined in a group a furniture grouping

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Examples of grouping in a Sentence

They arranged the furniture in a grouping around the fireplace. the grouping of English with other Germanic languages

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This grouping of people and these creators and this space are so special. Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, "GLOW's Jackie Tohn on Melrose's emotional season 3 journey: 'When I read the scripts I was weeping'," 8 Aug. 2019 Daniel White, a fund manager at M&G focused on North American stocks, owns a small position in Google parent Alphabet Inc. but otherwise holds no shares in Facebook, Amazon, Apple or Netflix, the rest of the FAANG grouping. Mike Bird, WSJ, "American Exceptionalism May Be Ending—at Least in Stocks," 2 Dec. 2018 The second receiver grouping was typically Amara Darboh, Keenan Reynolds and Damore’ea Stringfellow. Mike Vorel, The Seattle Times, "Analysis: Impressions from day four of Seahawks training camp," 30 July 2018 Among many other critical functions, this grouping of the brain’s hypothalamus and the pituitary and adrenal glands regulates how the body processes stress. San Diego Union-Tribune, "Huge study explores genetics of PTSD in more than 165,000 U.S. veterans," 5 Aug. 2019 This simplified grouping allows us to broadly map the economic contours in the party. Kabir Khanna, CBS News, "Analysis: How financially concerned and comfortable Democrats differ on economy and 2020 candidates," 25 July 2019 Fort lined up in the backfield, split at tight and out at wide receiver with the first, second and third offensive personnel groupings. Kyle Fredrickson, The Denver Post, "Broncos’ tight end Austin Fort emerges as serious roster contender," 26 July 2019 The personnel groupings, 10 men in the huddle, 11 men in the huddle, always be on top of it and don’t take it for granted. Jim Mcbride, BostonGlobe.com, "Brian Hoyer gets down to business," 26 July 2019 Zimmer, though, did spend the offseason fidgeting with his defense, and plans to use different personnel groupings, alignments and blitzes. Chris Tomasson, Twin Cities, "On first day of training camp, Vikings GM Rick Spielman optimistic about a bounce-back season," 23 July 2019

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First Known Use of grouping

1704, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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grouping

noun

English Language Learners Definition of grouping

: a set of people or things combined in a group
: the act or process of combining people or things into groups

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