AS A GROUP

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does as a group mean? 

• AS A GROUP (adverb)
  The adverb AS A GROUP has 1 sense:

1. all together

  Familiarity information: AS A GROUP used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AS A GROUP (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

All together

Synonyms:

as a group; en bloc; en masse

Context example:

the students turned out en masse

 Context examples 

A type of class comparison used when more than two classes are present in which each class is compared to the other classes as a group.

(One-Versus-All Comparison, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammation—defined as a group of responses by the body telling white blood cells how much to react—is a normal reaction to eating a meal, especially one with high amounts of fat.

(Humans More Unique than Expected When It Comes to Digesting Fatty Meals, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

A quantity of people or things treated or regarded as a group, especially when subdivided from a larger group.

(Batch, NCI Thesaurus)

As a group, endometrioid carcinoma has a prognosis twice as good as that of serous or mucinous carcinoma.

(Ovarian Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The left and right main bronchi considered as a group.

(Main Bronchus, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): a battery of tests may be composed of multiple routine labs that are always ordered together as a group.

(Defined Composition Relationship, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

The investigators note that, as a group, these SNPs only account for a very small portion (0.43 percent) of the variation across individuals in the sample; individually, each SNP has a very small influence.

(Researchers identify genetic links to educational attainment, NIH)

EXAMPLE(S): A battery of tests may be composed of multiple routine labs that are always ordered together as a group.

(Defined Criterion Group Composition Relationship, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)