any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
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a number of persons or things ranged or considered together as being related in some way.
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Also called radical.Chemistry. two or more atoms specifically arranged, as the hydroxyl group, –OH. Compare free radical.
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Linguistics.
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(in the classification of related languages within a family) a category of a lower order than a subbranch and of a higher order than a subgroup: the Low German group of West Germanic languages.
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any grouping of languages, whether it is made on the basis of geography, genetic relationship, or something else.
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Geology. a division of stratified rocks comprising two or more formations.
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Military.
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Army. a flexible administrative and tactical unit consisting of two or more battalions and a headquarters.
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Air Force. an administrative and operational unit subordinate to a wing, usually composed of two or more squadrons.
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c. a section of an orchestra comprising the instruments of the same class.
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Art. a number of figures or objects shown in an arrangement together.
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Mathematics. an algebraic system that is closed under an associative operation, as multiplication or addition, and in which there is an identity element that, on operating on another element, leaves the second element unchanged, and in which each element has corresponding to it a unique element that, on operating on the first, results in the identity element.
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Grammar(chiefly British). a phrase: nominal group; verbal group.
–verb (used with object)
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to place or associate together in a group, as with others.
the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved.
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coverage by contract in which one party agrees to indemnify or reimburse another for loss that occurs under the terms of the contract.
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the contract itself, set forth in a written or printed agreement or policy.
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the amount for which anything is insured.
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an insurance premium.
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any means of guaranteeing against loss or harm: Taking vitamin C is viewed as an insurance against catching colds.
–adjective
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of or pertaining to a score that increases a team's lead and insures that the lead will be held if the opposing team should score once more: The home run gave the team an insurance run, making the score 7-5.
Chemistry. a heavy, comparatively soft, malleable, bluish-gray metal, sometimes found in its natural state but usually combined as a sulfide, esp. in galena. Symbol:Pb; atomic weight:207.19; atomic number:82; specific gravity:11.34 at 20°C.
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something made of this metal or of one of its alloys.
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a plummet or mass of lead suspended by a line, as for taking soundings.
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bullets collectively; shot.
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black lead or graphite.
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a small stick of graphite, as used in pencils.
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Also, leading.Printing. a thin strip of type metal or brass less than type-high, used for increasing the space between lines of type.
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a grooved bar of lead or came in which sections of glass are set, as in stained-glass windows.
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leads, British. a roof, esp. one that is shallow or flat, covered with lead.
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