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Foundation level · Year 4 · free

group

noun · Say it: GROOP

What it means

Foundation

a number of people or things that are together or belong together

Our teacher split the class into groups for the science project.

Similar and opposite words

Synonyms (similar meaning)

  • bunch
  • crowd
  • set
  • team

Antonyms (opposite meaning)

  • individual

More examples

  • A group of ducks swam across the pond in the park.

Where the word comes from

From Italian 'gruppo', meaning a cluster or knot.

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