clustered

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UK/ˈklʌstəd/US/ˈklʌstɚd/

adjective

Grouped into a cluster.

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveclustered (not comparable)
  1. not comparableGrouped into a cluster.

    The Miss Chinatown contestants were clustered together behind a canvas screen near the stage.

    2021, Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Dutton Books for Young Readers, page 3
  2. not comparablecomputingUsed as the clustering key of a clustered index.
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of cluster

    He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.

    1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite

adjectivegrowing close together but not in dense mats

Similar

adjectiveclustered together but not coherent

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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