n. any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

n. a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse

n. a band of people associated temporarily in some activity; "they organized a party to search for food"; "the company of cooks walked into the kitchen"

n. (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

v. arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?"

v. form a group or group together

adj. for or by a group rather than individuals; "dipping each his bread into a communal dish of stew"- Paul Roche; "a communal settlement in which all earnings and food were shared"; "a group effort"

adj. involving the joint activity of two or more; "the attack was met by the combined strength of two divisions"; "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind"; "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military activities"

n. an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"

n. all the loaves of bread baked at the same time

n. a collection of things or persons to be handled together

n. a collection of related things intended for use together; "took a battery of achievement tests"

n. any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"

n. a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"

n. people having the same social or economic status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"

n. an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole

n. a group of persons together in one place

n. a group of people who work together

n. an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

n. a collection of things wrapped or boxed together

n. an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle order"

n. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"

n. a complete collection of similar things

n. a group of people or things arranged by class or category

n. an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

n. group of people related by blood or marriage

n. an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"

n. an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd"

n. an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"

n. a group of countries in special alliance

n. a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

n. an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"

n. a small army unit usually having a special function

n. one of two or more contesting groups; "the Confederate side was prepared to attack"

n. a temporary military unit; "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent"

n. a body of people associated together; "diplomatic corps"

n. a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith

n. a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"

n. a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"

n. an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"

n. a unit that is part of some military service; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"

n. the men who man a ship or aircraft

n. organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical); "the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel"

n. a band of people associated temporarily in some activity; "they organized a party to search for food"; "the company of cooks walked into the kitchen"

n. a person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the first part"

n. a large gathering of people

n. a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"

n. a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

n. the young of an animal cared for at one time

n. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"

n. a matching set of furniture

n. a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass

n. an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"

n. a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class

n. a unit of military aircraft

n. a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc

n. a group of girls or young women

n. a flock of quail

n. adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices

n. a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

n. a dissenting clique

n. a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

n. a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"

n. (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

n. playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color; "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?"

n. a union of political organizations

n. a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

n. a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"

n. the body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread rapidly through the medical community"

n. a community of people smaller than a town

n. (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

n. (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

n. similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"

n. organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical); "the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel"

n. any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

n. an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd"

n. a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

n. a dissenting clique

n. a cooperative unit

n. a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

n. people having the same social or economic status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"

n. a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"

n. any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

n. as far as something can go

n. the boundary of a specific area

n. something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"

n. a person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the first part"

v. place into or assign to a category; "Children learn early on to categorize"

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

adj. belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community"

adj. united in a confederacy or league

adj. being joined in close association; "affiliated clubs"; "all art schools whether independent or attached to universities"

adj. common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"

adj. affecting the people or community as a whole; "community leaders"; "community interests"; "the public welfare"

adj. of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments"; "demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms"

adj. under group or government control; "socialized ownership"; "socialized medicine"

adj. joined in some kind of relationship (as a colleague or ally or companion etc.); "a cabal of associated lawyers"

adj. consisting of two or more associated entities; "the interplay of these conjoined yet opposed factors"; "social order and prosperity, the conjoint aims of government"- J.K.Fairbank

adj. done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good"

adj. signing jointly with others

adj. sharing equally with another or others

adj. being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"