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Noun (3 meanings)
group is a type of:
- abstraction, abstract entity (noun) - a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
types of group:
- actinoid, actinide, actinon (noun) - any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103
- arrangement (noun) - an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit
- association (noun) - (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species
- biological group (noun) - a group of plants or animals
- circuit (noun) - (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations)
- citizenry, people (noun) - the body of citizens of a state or country
- collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage (noun) - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
- community, biotic community (noun) - (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
- edition (noun) - all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time
- electron shell (noun) - a grouping of electrons surrounding the nucleus of an atom
- ethnic group, ethnos (noun) - people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture
- halogen (noun) - any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions
- kingdom (noun) - a basic group of natural objects
- multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed (noun) - the common people generally
- people (noun) - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
- population (noun) - a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
- race (noun) - people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock
- rare earth, rare-earth element, lanthanoid, lanthanide, lanthanon (noun) - any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)
- sainthood (noun) - saints collectively
- series (noun) - a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection
- social group (noun) - people sharing some social relation
- straggle (noun) - a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
- subgroup (noun) - a distinct and often subordinate group within a group
- swarm, cloud (noun) - a group of many things in the air or on the ground
- system, scheme (noun) - a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
- varna (noun) - (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis)
- world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man (noun) - all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
instances of group:
- Great Lakes (noun) - a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America
group is derivationally related to:
2. (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule.
group is a type of:
- unit, building block (noun) - a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
types of group:
- acyl, acyl group (noun) - any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group
- alcohol group, alcohol radical (noun) - the chemical group -OH
- aldehyde group, aldehyde radical (noun) - the chemical group -CHO
- alkyl, alkyl group, alkyl radical (noun) - any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons
- allyl, allyl group, allyl radical (noun) - the univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5
- amino, amino group (noun) - the radical -NH2
- amyl (noun) - a hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compounds
- azido group, azido radical (noun) - the univalent group N3- derived from hydrazoic acid
- azo group, azo radical (noun) - the bivalent group -N=N- united to two hydrocarbon groups
- benzoyl group, benzoyl radical (noun) - the univalent radical derived from benzoic acid
- benzyl, benzyl group, benzyl radical (noun) - the univalent radical derived from toluene
- butyl (noun) - a hydrocarbon radical (C4H9)
- cacodyl, cacodyl group, cacodyl radical, arsenic group (noun) - the univalent group derived from arsine
- carbonyl group (noun) - the bivalent radical CO
- carboxyl, carboxyl group (noun) - the univalent radical -COOH
- chromophore (noun) - the chemical group that gives color to a molecule
- cyano group, cyano radical, cyanide group, cyanide radical (noun) - the monovalent group -CN in a chemical compound
- glyceryl (noun) - a trivalent radical derived from glycerol by removing the three hydroxyl radicals
- hydrazo group, hydrazo radical (noun) - the bivalent group -HNNH- derived from hydrazine
- hydroxyl, hydroxyl group, hydroxyl radical (noun) - the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols
- ketone group (noun) - a group having the characteristic properties of ketones
- methylene group, methylene radical, methylene (noun) - the bivalent radical CH2 derived from methane
- nitrite (noun) - the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid)
- nitro group (noun) - the group -NO3
- propyl, propyl group, propyl radical (noun) - the monovalent organic group C3H7- obtained from propane
- uranyl, uranyl group, uranyl radical (noun) - the bivalent radical UO2 which forms salts with acids
- vinyl, vinyl group, vinyl radical (noun) - a univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene
group is a part of:
- molecule (noun) - (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
- chemistry, chemical science (noun) - the science of matter
3. a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse.
group is a type of:
- set (noun) - (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
types of group:
- Abelian group, commutative group (noun) - a group that satisfies the commutative law
- subgroup (noun) - (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group
Verb (2 meanings)
1. arrange into a group or groups.
to group
Example:
- “Can you group these shapes together?”
to group is a way to:
- to classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate (verb) - arrange or order by classes or categories
ways to group:
- to batch (verb) - batch together
- to bracket (verb) - classify or group
- to collocate, lump, chunk (verb) - group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
- to regroup (verb) - reorganize into new groups
to group is derivationally related to:
to group is a way to:
- to meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather (verb) - collect in one place
ways to group:
- to brigade (verb) - form or unite into a brigade
- to embed (verb) - attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war
- to gang, gang up (verb) - act as an organized group
- to pool (verb) - join or form a pool of people
- to team, team up (verb) - form a team