กลุ่ม
group
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- 2 group [classifier]、set [classifier]、cluster [classifier]
กลุ่ม refers to several people, things, or ideas treated as one unit, such as a group, cluster, or category. It is also used as a classifier for counting such groups.
group、crowd、cluster、category
A noun for a set of people, things, or ideas gathered or classified together as one unit.
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กลุ่มนักเรียน klùm nákrian a group of students กลุ่มนักเรียน details
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กลุ่มเป้าหมาย klùm pâw mǎay target group กลุ่มเป้าหมาย details
group [classifier]、set [classifier]、cluster [classifier]
A classifier used to count groups, clusters, bundles, or sets treated as units.
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นักเรียนสองกลุ่ม nákrian sɔ̌ɔŋ klùm two groups of students นักเรียนสองกลุ่ม details
Learning notes
Explanation
The core idea of กลุ่ม is “several things treated as one unit.” It can refer to an actual group of people, a cluster of objects, or a category created by shared features, such as products, data, or an audience segment. The word is neutral and common in everyday speech, school, work, news, and business. Common patterns include กลุ่ม + noun “a group of ...,” เป็นกลุ่ม “in groups,” and แบ่งเป็น + number + กลุ่ม “divide into ... groups.”
Usage
It is used when forming groups at school, talking about friends or crowds, dividing people at work, describing social or political groups in the news, or referring to customer segments in marketing.
Caution
กลุ่ม does not necessarily mean an official organization. Use องค์กร for a formal organization and ทีม when the members work together as a team. When counting individual people or objects, use the classifier appropriate to that noun, not กลุ่ม.
Differences from similar words
1 group synonyms
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ทีม means a team working toward a shared task, as in sports, work, or projects. กลุ่ม can simply mean a group or cluster, whether or not the members are working together.
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พวก is more colloquial and often means “people of the same side” or “those guys,” sometimes sounding rough depending on context. กลุ่ม is more neutral and can refer broadly to groups of people, things, or categories.
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เหล่า groups similar people or things together and can sound a bit more formal or descriptive. กลุ่ม is the more everyday, general word for an actual group or a category.