grouping as a noun: - 1
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grouping
noun
1 grouping
Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit.
synonym: group.
Roget 60:
arrangement;
plan
etc.
626;
preparation
etc.
673;
disposal,
disposition;
collocation,
allocation;
distribution;
sorting
etc.
v.;
assortment,
allotment,
apportionment,
taxis,
taxonomy,
syntaxis†,
graduation,
organization;
grouping;
tabulation.
analysis,
classification,
clustering,
division,
digestion.
[Result of arrangement]
digest;
synopsis
etc.
(compendium)
596;
syntagma [Gramm.],
table,
atlas;
file,
database;
register.
etc.
(record)
551;
organism,
architecture.
[Instrument for sorting]
sieve,
riddle,
screen,
sorter.
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Dutch: groep, partij
Polish: skupienie, zbiorowisko, skupisko
2 grouping
The activity of putting things together in groups.
3 grouping
A system for classifying things into groups.
synonym: pigeonholing.
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