A grouping is a set of people or things that have something in common.
There were two main political groupings pressing for independence.
Synonyms: organization, group, body, association More Synonyms of grouping
grouping in British English
(ˈɡruːpɪŋ)
noun
a planned arrangement of things, people, etc, within a group
grouping in American English
(ˈgrupɪŋ)
noun
1.
a group of persons or things, esp. one assembled for some common purpose or function
2.
the act of assembling or forming groups
Examples of 'grouping' in a sentence
grouping
The colleges are essentially social groupings and loyalty to them is all the stronger for that.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Almost all his films involve his penetration of a family unit or cohesive social grouping.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And this new grouping has proved elusive.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
And which international political grouping they belong to?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Already the emerging or actual political groupings are being identified and studied.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Yet the position would be very different if they represented a really large grouping.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
So far, many investors have not woken up to the opportunities presented by the new grouping.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In the fiction of both writers, characters shun commitment to any political grouping.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
The established middle class is the largest grouping, comprising one quarter of our population.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Rugby is classless, its structure has no reference to social groupings and it justly prides itself on its openness.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
One of the biggest barriers to grouping people is that it's just plain hard to get people to add anything new to their schedules.
Christianity Today (2000)
Indeed, social groupings of around 150 seem to crop up throughout human history.
Paul Martin MAKING HAPPY PEOPLE (2005)
In other languages
grouping
British English: grouping NOUN
A grouping is a set of people or things that have something in common.
There were two main political groupings pressing for independence.
American English: grouping
Brazilian Portuguese: agrupamento
Chinese: > 群体有某共同点的
European Spanish: agrupación
French: groupe
German: Gruppierung
Italian: formazione
Japanese: 集団
Korean: 집단
European Portuguese: agrupamento
Latin American Spanish: agrupación
All related terms of 'grouping'
group
A group of people or things is a number of people or things which are together in one place at one time.
blood grouping
the ascertainment of a person's blood group
family grouping
a system, used usually in the infant school, of grouping children of various ages together, esp for project work
vertical grouping
a system, used usually in the infant school, of grouping children of various ages together, esp for project work
occupation grouping
a category in a system of classifying people according to occupation , based originally on information obtained by government census and subsequently developed by market research . The classifications are used by the advertising industry to identify potential markets. The groups are A, B , C1, C2, D, and E
(noun)
Definition
a set of people or organizations who act or work together to achieve a shared aim
There were two main political groupings pressing for independence.
Synonyms
organization
Most of the funds are provided by voluntary organizations.
group
Members of an environmental group are staging a protest inside a chemical plant.
body
the police representative body
association
the British Olympic Association
league
the League of Nations
circle
a small circle of friends
Additional synonyms
in the sense of association
Definition
a group of people with a common interest
the British Olympic Association
Synonyms
group,
company,
club,
order,
union,
class,
society,
league,
band,
set,
troop,
pack,
camp,
collection,
gathering,
organization,
circle,
corporation,
alliance,
coalition,
partnership,
federation,
bunch (informal),
formation,
faction,
cluster,
syndicate,
congregation,
batch,
confederation,
cooperative,
fraternity (US, Canadian),
affiliation,
posse (slang),
clique,
confederacy,
assemblage,
social network
in the sense of body
Definition
a group regarded as a single entity
the police representative body
Synonyms
organization,
company,
group,
society,
league,
association,
band,
congress,
institution,
corporation,
federation,
outfit (informal),
syndicate,
bloc,
confederation
in the sense of circle
Definition
a group of people sharing an interest, activity, or upbringing