group

Universal Words noun, verb noun [C+sing./pl.v.] 1 a number of people or things that are together in the same place or that are connected in some way: a group of girls / trees / houses * A group of us are going to the theatre this evening. * Students stood around in groups waiting for their results. * a discussion / study / support group * the Germanic group of languages * The proportion of single parent families varies between different income groups. * a group activity (= done by a number of people working together) seealsoSUBGROUP HELPNOTE There are many other compounds ending in group. You will find them at their place in the alphabet. 2 (business) a number of companies that are owned by the same person or organization: a newspaper group * the Burton group * the group sales director 3 (rather old-fashioned) a number of musicians who perform together, especially to play pop music: She sings in a rock group. verb 1 ~ (sb/sth) (round / around sb/sth)