group meaning
- Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
- grouping - (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
- radical, chemical group - A set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse
- mathematical group
- Arrange into a group or groups
"Can you group these shapes together?" - Form a group or group together
- aggroup
Derived forms: groups, grouped, grouping
See also: grouping
Type of: abstract entity, abstraction, assemble, assort, building block, class, classify, foregather, forgather, gather, meet, separate, set, sort, sort out, unit
Part of: molecule
Encyclopedia: Group
[Business]
noun [C with sing./pl. verb]
ACTION GROUP, AGE GROUP, BUZZ GROUP, CONSUMER GROUP, FOCUS GROUP, INCOME GROUP, INVESTOR GROUP, PEER GROUP, PRESSURE GROUP, REFERENCE GROUP, SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP, T-GROUP, TASK GROUP, TRAINING GROUP, WORKING GROUP
1 (also group of companies)
a number of companies that are owned by the same person or organization:
a media group
the chief executive of Vodafone Group
The group's shares fell 11% yesterday.
the group sales director
an external audit of the group accounts (= accounts showing the costs, profit, etc. for each part of the group)
◆ The investments in the fixed assets in the group's balance sheet amounted to €0.6 million.
2
a number of people or things that are together in the same place or that are connected in some way:
A small group of us got together and started a business.
A group of 10 banks will provide the new loan.
a group discussion/interview
VOCABULARY BUILDING
Subsidiaries and groups of companies
A subsidiary is a company that is controlled by another company, called a holding company or a parent company. (See note at HOLDING COMPANY)
Companies that are subsidiaries of the same holding/parent company are often called sister companies, related companies or affiliates:
We share customer information with our affiliates.
A holding/parent company and its subsidiaries are called a group or group of companies.
Often the word Holdings or Group is used in the names of holding/parent companies:
InterContinental Hotels Group, parent company of Holiday Inn
[Defence]
1. A flexible administrative and tactical unit composed of either two or more battalions or two or more squadrons.
The term also applies to combat support and combat service support units.
2. A number of ships and/or aircraft, normally a subdivision of a force, assigned for a specific purpose.
3. A long-standing functional organization that is formed to support a broad function within a joint force commander’s headquarters.
Also called GP.
(JP 3-33)
[Economics]
A parent undertaking and its subsidiary or subsidiaries.
See:
[Electronics]
1. A series of computer storage locations containing a specific record or records.
2. The data in these locations.
3. A record set having a common key value in a sorted file.
Examples
More: Next- she imposed her ideas on the group.
- people were standing about in small groups.
- kazeh is only a group of six vast excavations.
- this structure is called the heme group.
- a group of ladies surrounded the captain.