grouping

noun

group·​ing ˈgrü-piŋ How to pronounce grouping (audio)
1
: the act or process of combining in groups
2
: a set of objects combined in a group
a furniture grouping

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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Repeating this process five times with varying groupings yielded an average accuracy of 80 percent. Lucy Tu, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2025 What’s important to note is that this food grouping system doesn’t account for nutritional value, Dr. Vadiveloo says. Erica Sloan, SELF, 6 Feb. 2025 By the 1970s, the global South had organized under various groupings, including the G-77 at the UN, to achieve significant victories: decolonization became enshrined in international law and the principle of nonintervention in the internal affairs of sovereign states emerged as a global norm. Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025 Philadelphia led in shots with that grouping on the ice and had some extended offensive zone shifts. Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for grouping 

Word History

First Known Use

1704, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of grouping was in 1704

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“Grouping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grouping. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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