Meaning & use
groups
The plural of group: two or more separate collections of people or things gathered or classified together.
See it in a sentence
The teacher split the class into four groups for the science project.
Different age groups responded very differently to the survey questions.
A note on using this word
As a verb form, 'groups' also means arranges into sets, as in 'she groups the files by date.'
Words with a similar meaning
clusterscategories
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Third-person singular form of 'group': arranges people or things into sets based on a shared feature.
The app automatically groups your photos by the date they were taken.
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