group meaning in English: a number of people

/ɡruːp/

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Meaning

A number of people or things that are together or belong with each other.

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Word origin

From French groupe and Italian gruppo, first meaning a cluster or knot of things.

Origin: Old French
Root: groupe

Grammar

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Pluralgroups

Examples

"Group" means several children together.

"Groups" is the plural, meaning more than one group.

Here "group" means a small band of people who play together.

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This word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 11: group, thousand, bar and 7 more words.