Grouped
/ɡruːpt/
Definitions
To put people or things into a group or groups.
/ɡruːpt/
Past tense and past participle of 'group': to place or consider things or people together; to form a group or groups.
The children were grouped into teams for the game.
💡 Simply: Imagine you're sorting toys. When you put all the cars together, and all the dolls together, you've *grouped* them!
👶 For kids: To put things together that are alike.
More Examples
The data was grouped by age range for analysis.
We grouped the books by genre on the shelves.
How It's Used
"The students were grouped according to their reading levels."
"The data was grouped by category to identify trends."
Synonyms & Antonyms
Antonyms
From the verb "group," which entered English in the 17th century from French "grouper" meaning "to arrange in a group," likely of Germanic origin.
Used frequently in 19th-century literature for organization and arrangement.
Memory tip
Think of people gathered in a *group* setting.
Word Origin
"to arrange in a group"