grouping

grouping /ˈgruːpɪŋ/ noun
plural groupings
grouping
/ˈgruːpɪŋ/
noun
plural groupings
Britannica Dictionary definition of GROUPING
1 
[count] : a set of people or things combined in a group
— often + of
2 
[noncount] : the act or process of combining people or things into groups