‘Are you part of a ____ (or circle) of friends?’

noun

1. Two or more figures forming a complete unit in a composition

   "went there as a group"

2. A number of individuals assembled together or having some unifying relationship

   "a study group"

3. An assemblage of objects regarded as a unit

   "one of the food groups"

4. An assemblage of related organisms
5. A bed or layer of rocks deposited during an era
6. A mathematical set that is closed under a binary associative operation, contains an identity element, and has an inverse for every element

verb

1. To combine in a group

   "grouped English and Dutch as Germanic languages"

2. To assign to a group classify

   "The children were grouped by age."

3. To form a group

   "The students grouped around the table."

4. To belong to a group
5. To make groups of closely spaced hits on a target

   "the gun grouped beautifully"

noun

1. Any of various strains of a streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes) that include the causative agents of pharyngitis, scarlet fever, septicemia, some skin infections, rheumatic fever, and glomerulonephritis

noun

1. Any of various strains of a streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae) that include the causative agents of certain infections (such as pneumonia and meningitis) especially of newborn infants

noun

1. A commissioned officer in the British air force who ranks with a colonel in the army

noun

1. The interacting forces within a small human group

noun

1. A residence for persons requiring care or supervision

noun

1. Medicine practiced by a group of associated physicians or dentists (such as specialists in different fields) working as partners or as partners and employees

noun

1. A branch of mathematics concerned with finding all mathematical groups and determining their properties

noun

1. Therapy in the presence of a therapist in which several patients discuss and share their personal problems