to cluster
41
3.5
- verb
- /ˈklʌstər/
:
agruparse
- The children cluster together in the playground during recess.
- cluster together
- tend to cluster
- cluster into categories
We see that the ways that galaxies cluster and evolve change over time.
- We see that the ways that galaxies cluster and evolve change over time.
- Brain is a set of cells from a specific type clustered together, connected to one another.
- So you might have something like this and then cluster cluster cluster.
- Yeah, that's so you just learn from the good drivers and they're easy to cluster.
Examples
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Fire Hawkeye wanders among the dancers and musicians clustered in groups, lit by the firelight.
Fiction book (1992) -
The students' responses were clustered into three causes: organic causes and other causes.
Academic text (2013) -
The apple buds cluster together on the apple branches.
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We see that the ways that galaxies cluster and evolve change over time.
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So rather than these power stations that are clustered around big cities, you can have energy generation mechanisms in every home.
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People clustered together.
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Around the world, megafires cluster in nature preserves and on landscapes otherwise undergoing rapid change.
Academic text (2008) -
The rest of the customers, clustered together in twos and threes, were men.
Fiction book (1991) -
Early in the twentieth century, rural blacks in southeastern Florida clustered on farm or scrubland.
Academic text (1992) -
Charlie leans back against the bar, surveying the customers clustered around roulette wheels and cocktail tables.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Bring people, things, or information together in one place
118
2.8
To bring people together for a meeting or activity
74
2.0
To move together in large numbers
70
1.9
Come together in a group near someone or something
50
2.9
To tie things together
38
1.2
To put people and things together by type or purpose
35
2.1
Move toward each other and meet, often touching or closing around something
34
4.8
To come together in a large group
30
1.2
To gather things or people into a group
30
4.1
To come together in a group for a reason
8
3.3
To gather closely into a tight group
7
4.4
To come together into a small, close group
7
6.4
To gather closely in large numbers in a place
5
3.1
To move or bring close together to form a small group
2
3.0
To stand or move closely in a group
2
3.0
People and animals come together in a group for safety or shared interest
1
8.4
To join together to form a mass or cluster
1
9.6
Come together into a group like stars that form a shape in the sky
1
4.8
To move close together around a person or thing leaving little space
To bring people or things together into a group
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
8
6.7
A weapon that holds many small explosives which spread out and explode over a wide area
- Specialized
1
4.7
Very severe pain on one side of the head near the eye that comes in periods
- Specialized
A small bomb released from a larger bomb that spreads and explodes over a wide area
- Specialized
A protein on helper T cells that helps the immune system and lets HIV enter cells
- Specialized
A protein on the surface of killer T cells that helps them find infected cells
- Jargon
A small metal pin attached to a medal to show the person received that medal again
How Close
50
4.7
130
3.6
41
3.5
152
3.3
∞
1.0
35
2.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word cluster comes from old words that meant 'ball' or 'lump', such as klustr. So to cluster is to come together into a tight bunch, like people forming a small ball near a stage.