จับกลุ่ม

Explanation

จับกลุ่ม is built from จับ, originally “to grab,” and กลุ่ม, “group,” but here it does not mean physically grabbing anything. It means people coming together into a group or forming groups. It is common in classrooms, workshops, offices, and casual situations where people cluster together to talk or do something. Depending on context, it can also carry a mildly negative sense like “huddle together” or “form a clique.”

Usage

Use it when students, participants, coworkers, friends, or people in a crowd form small groups to talk, work, study, or do an activity together.

Caution

For simply coming to the same place, รวมตัวกัน or มารวมกัน may be more natural. จับกลุ่ม emphasizes that people form a group or cluster, not just arrive at one location.

1 gather synonyms

• จัดกลุ่ม

  จัดกลุ่ม means to classify or arrange things into groups, and it can be used for objects or information. จับกลุ่ม is mainly about people gathering or forming groups.

• รวมกลุ่ม

  รวมกลุ่ม means to come together as a group in a fairly neutral, descriptive way. จับกลุ่ม more strongly suggests people physically or socially clustering into a group.

• รวมตัวกัน

  รวมตัวกัน is a broader word for people gathering or assembling, including larger meetings or movements. จับกลุ่ม focuses more on people forming smaller clusters or groups.