Meaning of group In English

• 0 a number of people or things that are put together or considered as a unit:

  • I'm meeting a group of friends for dinner tonight.

  • The car was parked near a small group of trees.

  • She showed me another group of pictures, this time of children playing.

• 1 a number of people who play music together, especially pop music:

  • What's your favourite group?

  • a pop/rock group

• 2 a business that contains several different companies:

  • United News Media, the national newspaper and television group

• 3 a number of football teams who play each other in a competition. The winners of the group move onto the next stage of the competion :

  • The Danes were the surprise winners of their group.

  • The team failed to progress beyond the group stages of Euro 2012.

• 4 to form a group or put people or things into a group:

  • We all grouped together around the bride for a family photograph.

  • I grouped the children according to age.

  • The books were grouped by size.

• 5 a number of people or things that are together or considered as a unit:

  • a group of trees

  • I’m meeting a group of friends for dinner.

  • a rock/soul group

• 6 a business that contains several different companies:

  • Under the group's final salary pension scheme, his pension is increased for every year he served.

  • a television/banking/construction group

  • group accounts/sales

• 7 a number of people or things that are put together or considered as a single thing:

  • group of sth This deal has been backed by a group of external investors.

  • This group of drugs are known as taxanes.

  • I want someone who is going to work in a group.

  • a group discussion/interview/assignment