Definition of "group" []

• An assemblage of persons or objects gathered or located together; an aggregation: a group of dinner guests; a group of buildings near the road. (noun)
• Two or more figures that make up a unit or design, as in sculpture. (noun)
• A number of individuals or things considered together because of similarities: a small group of supporters across the country. (noun)
• Linguistics A category of related languages that is less inclusive than a family. (noun)
• A military unit consisting of two or more battalions and a headquarters. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "And more importantly, when you click that 'start a community' button on your profile, you are essentially creating a group, complete with the functionalities I mentioned earlier-- blogs for the group, media files just for the group, access control *just for the group*."
• "In organic chemistry distinction is made between sulphonic acids of the aliphatic and the aromatic series, the characteristic group of these acids being the so-called _sulphonic acid group_, HSO_3."
• "= If the _cone of fire_ be intercepted by a target (for example, A O, Fig. 44) at right angles to the axis of the cone, the shot holes will make a pattern or group called the _shot group_, the holes being the thickest approximately in the center of the group, called the _center of impact_."