noun
Etymology
Origin of grouping
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
By grouping planets based on shared features and their positions in space, they were able to identify clusters that are more likely to have been shaped by biological activity.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
Growth in advanced economies—a grouping including Australia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan—is expected to slow to 2.2% this year from 2.5% in 2025, before weakening to 1.8% in 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
"It's just simply a monstrosity, but this signifies the end" of the grouping, "in which we already no longer participate," Petro earlier said on X.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
Stones is only mentioned in this grouping because there are continuing doubts about his fitness.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
The system he used, while not as flexible or sophisticated as the one used today, relied on the grouping together of notes with horizontal bars called ligatures.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
