- group
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ big, large, wide▪
She has a very wide group of friends.
▪ little, select, small▪The president met with a select group of senior negotiators.
▪ coherent, cohesive, homogeneous, tight, tight-knit, tightly knit▪The strangers who came together for the course soon became a cohesive group.
▪ diverse, heterogeneous▪ organized▪ minority▪Disabled drivers are an ever-growing minority group.
▪ dominant, powerful▪ cultural, demographic, ethnic, racial, social▪ family▪The animals live in family groups of 10–20 individuals.
▪ age, peer▪young people in this age group
▪He started smoking because of peer-group pressure.
▪ discussion▪a discussion group that meets once a month
▪ research, study▪ self-help, support▪ focus▪ business, consumer, student▪ action, advocacy (esp. AmE), interest, pressure, special-interest▪Local parents have formed an action group to campaign for better road safety.
▪ working▪ rebel, splinter▪A few members of the party broke away to form a splinter group.
▪ extremist▪ hate (esp. AmE)▪ terror, terrorist▪ church, religious▪ conservation, environmental▪ theatre/theater▪ book, reading▪ youth▪ pop, rock▪ blood▪What blood group are you? (BrE)
▪ comparison, control▪ muscle▪ userVERB + GROUP▪ create, form, found, organize, set up, start▪ constitute▪ head, lead, manage, run▪ represent▪ become a member of, join▪ leave▪He left the group last year to pursue a solo career.
GROUP + VERB▪ form▪The group formed back in 1992.
▪ split up▪The group has split up and re-formed several times with different musicians.
▪ comprise, consist of, includeGROUP + NOUN▪ leader, member▪ activity, discussion, work▪ photo▪ hugPREPOSITION▪ as a group▪The gorillas go foraging for food as a group.
▪ in a/the group▪There are fifteen of us in the group.
▪ within a/the group▪Within a group, each individual had a definite status.
▪ group of▪a group of young mothers
PHRASES▪ divide sb/sth into groups▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}We divided the class into small groups.
verbADVERB▪ closely▪ broadly, loosely▪ thematically▪Works in the exhibition are grouped thematically.
▪ togetherPREPOSITION▪ according to, by▪Eggs were grouped according to size.
▪The children were grouped by age.
▪ around, round (esp. BrE)▪They sat grouped around the fire.
▪ in, into▪These stories can be loosely grouped into three types.
▪ with▪The England team was grouped with Uruguay and Holland.
PHRASES▪ group sth under a heading▪The names were grouped under four different headings.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
