group

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. assemblage, company, association; clique, set; collection, cluster, company. —v. collect, gather, classify, sort, combine, cluster. See arrangement.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. family, kindred, tribal, communal, racial; see also common 5 .

n.

1. [A gathering of persons]

Syn. assembly, assemblage, crowd; see gathering .

2. [Collected things]

Syn. accumulation, assortment, combination; see collection 2 .

3. [An organized body of people]

Syn. association, club, society; see organization 3 .

v.

Syn. file, assort, arrange; see classify .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

1. assemblage body, mass, collection, party, bunch, band, crowd, gang, pack, crew, congregation, herd, flock, throng, aggregation.

2. class classification, variety, category, division, branch, set, circle.

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v.

classify, categorize, divide, sort, assign, grade, systematize, arrange, bunch.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A number of individuals making up or considered a unit: array, band2, batch, bevy, body, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, clutch2, collection, knot, lot, party, set2. See GROUP. 2. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together: assemblage, assembly, body, company, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, meeting, muster, troop. Informal: get-together. See COLLECT. 3. A group of people sharing an interest, activity, or achievement: circle, crowd, set2. See GROUP. II verb 1. To bring together: assemble, call, cluster, collect1, congregate, convene, convoke, gather, get together, muster, round up, summon. See COLLECT. 2. To come together: assemble, cluster, collect1, congregate, convene, forgather, gather, get together, muster. See COLLECT. 3. To distribute into groups according to kinds: assort, categorize, class, classify, pigeonhole, separate, sort (out). See COLLECT. 4. To assign to a class or classes: categorize, class, classify, distribute, grade, pigeonhole, place, range, rank1, rate1. See GROUP, VALUE.