Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grouping

/ˈɡɹuːpɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: group-ing
IPA: /ˈɡɹuːpɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of group

noun

A collection of things or people united as a group.

Countable

noun

Combining into groups.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Shot grouping.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In bony, ribby regions of the earth, where at the base of high broken cliffs masses of rock lie strewn in fantastic groupings upon the plain, you will often discover images as of the petrified forms of the Leviathan partly merged in grass, which of a windy day breaks against them in a surf of green surges."

Usage

Inflected Forms

groupings (plural)

Derived Forms

intergrouping intragrouping phenogrouping phylogrouping supergrouping

Phrases

ability grouping family grouping platoon grouping

Synonyms

pigeonholing group

Rhymes With

whooping snooping looping scooping swooping drooping regrouping stooping trooping recouping shuping hooping

Questions

How do you pronounce grouping?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹuːpɪŋ/.
What does grouping mean?: present participle and gerund of group

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