rock group
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2.1
- noun
- /rɑk ɡrup/
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grupo de rock
- The rock group performed their hit song at the music festival last night.
- punk rock group
- British rock group
- indie rock group
I mean, there are rock groups that have cult followings, there are products that are cult branded and so on.
- I mean, there are rock groups that have cult followings, there are products that are cult branded and so on.
Examples
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During August and September, the ASCAP John Lennon Songwriting Contest Bus made stops along the concert route of the rock group Matchbox Twenty.
Academic text (2001) -
They were a rock group.
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I had to go on this road tour with a rock group.
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How many times does a rock group get a chance to appear on the sports page?
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He's a road manager for a rock group.
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Listen to a song by an indigenous rock group, noting the topic of the song.
Academic text (2005) -
Until this point, concerts by foreign rock groups occurred only with great difficulty.
Academic text (1991) -
Despite what he considered his many disadvantages, he was part of one of the biggest, most successful rock groups in the world.
Fiction book (1990) -
As the appeal of rock as an alternative lifestyle faded, local rock groups associated with the movement dissolved.
Academic text (1990) -
The day of the concert, thousands of young people arrived in El Campin to see the first major rock group to appear in Bogota.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
A group of musicians who play together
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2.1
A group of musicians who play rock music with electric guitars, bass, and drums
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2.3
People who play music together for a crowd
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a band of musicians who perform rock and roll music' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'rock' (a music genre) with 'group' (several people viewed as a unit). This noun–noun composition follows common compounding patterns and has clear parallels in many languages (e.g., grupo de rock, groupe de rock), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The term rock group comes from putting rock, meaning lively music that makes people rock or move, and group, meaning a set of musicians, together. So it means 'a band of musicians who play rock music'.