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group
Part of Speech: noun
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            1.                                             A                                                         cluster,                                                           crowd,                                                         or                                                         throng;                                                         an                                                         assemblage,                                                         either                                                         of                                                           persons                                                         or                                                           things,                                                           collected                                                         without                                                         any                                                         regular                                                         form                                                         or                                                         arrangement;                                                         as,                                                           a                                                           group                                                         of                                                         men                                                         or                                                         of                                                           trees;                                                           a                                                           group                                                         of                                                           isles.                                    

            2.                                           An                                                         assemblage                                                         of                                                           objects                                                         in                                                           a                                                         certain                                                         order                                                         or                                                         relation,                                                         or                                                         having                                                           some                                                         resemblance                                                         or                                                           common                                                         characteristic;                                                         as,                                                           groups                                                         of                                                           strata.                                    

            3.                                           To                                                         form                                                           a                                                           group                                                         of;                                                         to                                                         arrange                                                         or                                                         combine                                                         in                                                           a                                                           group                                                         or                                                         in                                                           groups,                                                         often                                                         with                                                         reference                                                         to                                                         mutual                                                         relation                                                         and                                                         the                                                         best                                                         effect;                                                         to                                                         form                                                         an                                                         assemblage                                                         of.                                    

            4.                                             A                                                         number                                                         of                                                         eighth,                                                         sixteenth,                                                           etc.,                                                           notes                                                         joined                                                         at                                                         the                                                           stems; -                                                         sometimes                                                         rather                                                         indefinitely                                                         applied                                                         to                                                         any                                                         ornament                                                         made                                                         up                                                         of                                                           a                                                         few                                                         short                                                           notes.                                    

            5.                                             A                                                         variously                                                         limited                                                         assemblage                                                         of                                                           animals                                                         or                                                           plants,                                                         having                                                           some                                                         resemblance,                                                         or                                                           common                                                           characteristics                                                         in                                                         form                                                         or                                                         structure.                                                         The                                                         term                                                         has                                                         different                                                           uses,                                                         and                                                         may                                                         be                                                         made                                                         to                                                         include                                                         certain                                                           species                                                         of                                                           a                                                         genus,                                                         or                                                           a                                                         whole                                                         genus,                                                         or                                                         certain                                                         genera,                                                         or                                                         even                                                         several                                                           orders.
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It was the landlord's; he spoke as he pushed his way through the group at the door. - "The Castle Inn", Stanley John Weyman.
He'd gotten up in the middle of the night and walked through the solid wall, unable to stop until he was back with the group. - "Pursuit", Lester del Rey.
At last, through my glass, I could see a group of wild men join in a dance round their fire. - "Robinson Crusoe In Words of One Syllable", Mary Godolphin.
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