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groupement

Definitions of groupement
  1. noun
    the activity of putting things together in groups
    synonyms: groupage
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    classification
    the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
    assemblage, rassemblement
    the act of gathering something together
    indexage
    the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve
    compilation, recueil
    the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)
    réunion
    the act of gathering something
    philatélie
    the collection and study of postage stamps
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    activité, occupation
    any specific behavior
  2. noun
    an association of companies for some definite purpose
    synonyms: consortium
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    cartel
    a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
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    association
    a formal organization of people or groups of people
  3. noun
    any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
    synonyms: groupe
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    genre humain, humanité, race humaine
    all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
    arrangement, mise en ordre
    an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging
    groupe biologique
    a group of plants or animals
    gens, peuple
    (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
    groupe social
    people sharing some social relation
    accumulation, amoncellement
    several things grouped together or considered as a whole
    édition
    all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time
    race
    people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock
    citoyen, peuple
    the body of citizens of a state or country
    population
    a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
    foule, gens, masse
    the common people generally
    circuit
    (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals
    système
    a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
    halogène
    any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions
    cortège, défilé
    the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation
    arrangement de fleurs
    a decorative arrangement of flowers
    corde
    a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
    garde-robe
    collection of clothing belonging to one person
    armoire-penderie, garde-robe
    collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company
    étalage
    an orderly arrangement
    classification
    a group of people or things arranged by class or category
    tranche d'age
    a group of people having approximately the same age
    ennemi
    any hostile group of people
    peuple
    people in general (often used in the plural)
    collection d'objets d'art
    a collection of art works
    accumulateur
    a collection of related things intended for use together
    bloc
    a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
    paquet
    a complete collection of similar things
    jeu
    the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
    accumulation, amoncellement, entassement
    a jumbled collection or mass
    pile, tas
    a collection of objects laid on top of each other
    foule, multitude
    an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
    corps
    a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
    association, société
    an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
    secteur
    a social group that forms part of the society or the economy
    gens de couleur
    a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
    groupe de pression
    (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims
    clan, famille
    group of people related by blood or marriage
    classe, classe sociale
    people having the same social, economic, or educational status
    attroupement, rassemblement
    a group of persons together in one place
    groupe taxonomique
    animal or plant group having natural relations
    groupe animal
    a group of animals
    ensemble, jeu, service
    a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
    catégorie, classe, famille
    a collection of things sharing a common attribute
    ballot, paquet
    a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
    association, organisation
    a group of people who work together
    défense
    the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
    corps électoral, électorat
    the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote
    nation, peuple
    the people who live in a nation or country
    surpopulation
    too much population
    peuple, plèbe
    people in general considered as a whole
    groupe
    (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
    audience
    the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment
    partisans
    a group of followers or enthusiasts
    bande, cercle
    an unofficial association of people or groups
    Milieu, maffia
    underworld organizations
    brillante assemblée, constellation
    a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people)
    voie lactée
    (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust
    subculture
    a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
    escadre, flotte
    a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
    économie
    the system of production and distribution and consumption
    forme de gouvernement, régime politique
    the members of a social organization who are in power
    écosystème
    a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
    génération
    group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
    descendance, descendants, postérité, progéniture
    all of the offspring of a given progenitor
    tableau vivant
    a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)
    structure sociale, type de société
    the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
    assortiment
    a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
    clientèle, parrainage, patronage
    customers collectively
    exposition
    a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
    circulation, trafic
    the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
    formation, unité
    an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
    réseau
    an interconnected system of things or people
    flore
    all the plant life in a particular region or period
    loi
    the collection of rules imposed by authority
    ordonnancement, ordre
    logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
    donnée
    a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
    mouvement
    a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
    système solaire
    the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field
    autochtone, indigène, sauvage
    a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
    chlore
    a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water)
    fluor
    a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite
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    abstraction
    a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
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