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grouping
n. the activity of putting things together in groups
group
n. any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
pigeonholing
n. a system for classifying things into groups
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circle, set, band, lot
n. an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
batch
n. all the loaves of bread baked at the same time
clutch, batch
n. a collection of things or persons to be handled together
battery
n. a collection of related things intended for use together; "took a battery of achievement tests"
lot, bunch, caboodle
n. any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"
class, category, family
n. a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"
class, socioeconomic class, social class
n. people having the same social or economic status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
ensemble, tout ensemble
n. an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole
gathering, assemblage
n. a group of persons together in one place
organization, organisation
n. a group of people who work together
society
n. an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
parcel, package, bundle, packet
n. a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
array
n. an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle order"
mixture, collection, motley, potpourri, variety, assortment, miscellany, miscellanea
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"
pack
n. a complete collection of similar things
categorization, classification
n. a group of people or things arranged by class or category
camp, pack, clique, coterie, in-group, ingroup, inner circle
n. an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
kin, kindred, clan, tribe, kin group, kinship group
n. group of people related by blood or marriage
gang, ring, pack, mob
n. an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"
gang, bunch, crowd, crew
n. an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd"
division
n. an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"
axis, bloc
n. a group of countries in special alliance
cabal, faction, junta, junto, camarilla
n. a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
party, political party
n. an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"
section
n. a small army unit usually having a special function
side
n. one of two or more contesting groups; "the Confederate side was prepared to attack"
detail, contingent
n. a temporary military unit; "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent"
corps
n. a body of people associated together; "diplomatic corps"
denomination
n. a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
association
n. a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"
body
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"
unit
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"
force, military unit, military force
n. a unit that is part of some military service; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"
crew
n. the men who man a ship or aircraft
company, troupe
n. organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical); "the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel"
group, party
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"
party
n. a person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the first part"
concourse, multitude, throng
n. a large gathering of people
order, club, lodge, society, community, fellowship, guild, gild
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"
mob, syndicate
n. a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
brood
n. the young of an animal cared for at one time
return, take, yield, issue, bottom line, payoff, proceeds, takings
n. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
suite
n. a matching set of furniture
tuft, tussock
n. a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
subdivision, arm, branch
n. an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"
section
n. a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class
wing
n. a unit of military aircraft
taxonomy
n. a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
bevy
n. a group of girls or young women
bevy
n. a flock of quail
cult
n. adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices
band, dance orchestra, dance band
n. a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
sect, faction
n. a dissenting clique
range, chain, mountain chain, mountain range, chain of mountains, range of mountains
n. a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
distance
n. a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"
group, radical
n. (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
suit
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?"
confederation, confederacy, federation
n. a union of political organizations
settlement, colony
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
community
n. a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"
profession, community
n. the body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread rapidly through the medical community"
settlement, village, small town
n. a community of people smaller than a town
division
n. (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
division
n. (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
series
n. similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"
distribution
n. (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
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