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/ ˈklʌs tər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch: a cluster of grapes.
a group of things or persons close together: There was a cluster of tourists at the gate.
U.S. Army . a small metal design placed on a ribbon representing an awarded medal to indicate that the same medal has been awarded again: oak-leaf cluster.
Phonetics . a succession of two or more contiguous consonants in an utterance, as the str- cluster of strap.
Astronomy . a group of neighboring stars, held together by mutual gravitation, that have essentially the same age and composition and thus supposedly a common origin. Compare globular cluster, open cluster, stellar association.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used with object) to gather into a cluster or clusters.
to furnish or cover with clusters.
verb (used without object) to form a cluster or clusters: The people clustered around to watch.
Origin of cluster before 900; Middle English; Old English cluster, clyster bunch; cognate with Low German kluster
SYNONYMS FOR cluster 8 group, gather, throng, crowd, bunch.
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OTHER WORDS FROM cluster clus·ter·ing·ly, adverb clus·ter·y, adjective in·ter·clus·ter, adjective sub·clus·ter, noun
un·clus·tered, adjective un·clus·ter·ing, adjective
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Words nearby cluster Cluny lace, clupeid, clupeoid, Clurman, Clusium, cluster , cluster area, cluster bomb, cluster college, cluster cup, cluster fly
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Example sentences from the Web for cluster According to health authorities, workplaces were the source for a quarter of the infection cluster s reported since the lifting of heavy lockdown.
As COVID-19 rates rise, France will require most people to wear masks at work | David Meyer| August 18, 2020| Fortune
That’s when teams in Germany and Austria each used Gaia to show many stars already had left the cluster .
Milky Way’s tidal forces are shredding a nearby star cluster | Ken Croswell| August 18, 2020| Science News For Students
Where a cluster may hold a few thousand stars, a galaxy can be home to far more.
Explainer: Stars and their families | Ken Croswell| August 18, 2020| Science News For Students
Last year, astronomers finally managed to examine a far sparser region of space—the expanse between galaxy cluster s.
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through July 11) | Singularity Hub Staff| July 11, 2020| Singularity Hub
Last year, astronomers finally managed to examine a far sparser region of space — the expanse between galaxy cluster s.
The Hidden Magnetic Universe Begins to Come Into View | Natalie Wolchover| July 2, 2020| Quanta Magazine
To his credit, Huckabee is conscious of the fact that he will need a cluster of deep-pocketed patrons and bundlers.
Can Huckabee Convert the GOP’s Moneymen? | Lloyd Green| January 4, 2015| DAILY BEAST
Art Basel itself is but the center of a cluster of mega-shows taking place in Miami this week.
Sneer and Clothing in Miami: Inside The $3 Billion Woodstock of Contemporary Art | Jay Michaelson| December 6, 2014| DAILY BEAST
But the crown itself (or headband or cluster of buds) screams disingenuous.
Flower Crowns Are Phony and Must Die | Sara Lieberman| September 5, 2014| DAILY BEAST
My millennial friends have waited in line beside a cluster of Orthodox women in long dark skirts to be seen by Peggy.
New York's Sexiest Kosher Corsets | Emily Shire| August 20, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Faith-based advocacy organizations in D.C. tend to cluster into like-minded groups.
Even Conservative Evangelical Support Couldn’t Save Immigration Reform | Jacob Lupfer| July 6, 2014| DAILY BEAST
So we sat beneath a cluster of rocks, and watched, and watched.
The Induna's Wife | Bertram Mitford
These are made the same as cherries, except a cluster would have several sizes.
Make Your Own Hats | Gene Allen Martin
It was no servant, but a tall man, with the light from a cluster of lamps lying full upon his face.
The Gold Brick | Ann S. Stephens
These leaves were so tightly pressed together that they seemed to blend and form a mat or cluster of rosettes.
Seraphita | Honore de Balzac
At its head a cluster of vehicles, horse-drawn as well as motor-driven, waited.
Nobody | Louis Joseph Vance
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British Dictionary definitions for cluster noun a number of things growing, fastened, or occurring close together
a number of persons or things grouped together
US military a metal insignia worn on a medal ribbon to indicate a second award or a higher class of a decoration or order
military a group of bombs dropped in one stick, esp fragmentation and incendiary bombs the basic unit of mines used in laying a minefield astronomy an aggregation of stars or galaxies moving together through space
a group of two or more consecutive vowels or consonants
statistics a naturally occurring subgroup of a population used in stratified sampling
chem a chemical compound or molecule containing groups of metal atoms joined by metal-to-metal bonds the group of linked metal atoms present SEE MORE SEE LESS verb to gather or be gathered in clusters
Derived forms of cluster clustered , adjective clusteringly , adverb clustery , adjective Word Origin for cluster Old English clyster; related to Low German Kluster; see clod , clot
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Words related to cluster chunk, batch, collection, band, bundle, knot, array, clump, assemblage, bunch, flock, gather, round up, body, bevy, gathering, set, covey, clutch, crew