newgroup

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verb

To create (a newsgroup on Usenet) by sending a special control message.

Opposite
rmgroup
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Meanings

verbnewgroup (third-person singular simple present newgroups, present participle newgrouping, simple past and past participle newgrouped)

present singular third person newgroups · participle present newgrouping · participle past newgrouped · past newgrouped

  1. InternettransitiveTo create (a newsgroup on Usenet) by sending a special control message.

    If the group passes, it will be newgrouped after five days. If the group fails, it can't be voted on again for six months.

    1998, Carla G. Surratt, Netlife: Internet citizens and their communities, page 75

    Antonyms: rmgroup

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo create (a newsgroup on Usenet) by sending a special control message.

Opposite
rmgroup

Origin

From new + group.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

newgroup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newgroup

MLA

“newgroup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newgroup. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “newgroup,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newgroup.

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