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cluster en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈklʌstə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(Southern-England) audio
/ˈklʌstɚ/ (General-American)
klŭsˈ-tər

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English cluster (“bunch, cluster, spray; compact body or mass, ball”) [and other forms], from Old English cluster, clyster (“cluster, bunch, branch”), from Proto-Germanic *klas-, *klus- (“to clump, lump together”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up; to clench; to amass”)) + *-þrą (suffix forming nouns denoting an instrument or tool). The English word is probably a doublet of clot. The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * Dutch klister (“cluster”) (dialectal) * Icelandic klasi (“cluster; bunch of grapes”) * Low German Kluuster (“cluster”) * Swedish kluster (“cluster”)

Meanings

A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
- The easiest way is to fly from Los Angeles to Christchurch, New Zealand—a journey of 17 hours, if you're lucky—and then to McMurdo, a charmless cluster of buildings that houses most of the southern continent's thousand or so seasonal residents and both of its ATMs. 2018 December 10, Jon Gertner, “The Race to Understand Antarctica’s Most Terrifying Glacier”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2023:
- Spread all thy Purple Cluſters, Tempting Vine, / And Thou, once Dreaded Foe, Bright Beauty, ſhine, […] 1713, Edward Young, “Book I”, in A Poem on the Last Day, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Edward Whistler, →OCLC, page 16:
- [A]ll the cluſter of Iſlands lying South of the Audeman [i.e., Andaman] Iſlands are called by our Seamen the Nicobar Iſlands. 1697, William Dampier, chapter XVII, in A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, page 476:
- A cluster of flowers grew in the pot.
- Then I ſavv in my Dream, that theſe good Companions, vvhen Chriſtian vvas gone dovvn to the bottom of the Hill, gave him a loaf of Bread, a bottle of VVine, and a cluſter of Raiſins; and then he vvent on his vvay. 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page 66:
- The Father of Nic. Fontanus ſavv five Vertebræ or VVhirle-bones of the Spina in a cluſter like a round ball, in the Body of a Porter that carried burthens. 1662, Bartholinus [i.e., Thomas Bartholin], “Of the Back-bone and Its Vertebra’s in General”, in Nicholas Culpeper, Abdiah Cole, transl., Bartholinus Anatomy; […] (The Physitian’s Library), London: […] Peter Cole […], →OCLC, 4th and last manual (Of the Bones and also of the Gristles and Ligaments […]), page 349, column 2:
- Her deeds vvere like great gluſters of ripe grapes, / VVhich load the bunches of the fruitfull vine: / Offring to fall into each mouth that gapes, / And fill the ſame vvith ſtore of timely vvine. 1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, signature D, recto:
- Then there was no more cover, for they straggled out, not in ranks but clusters, from among orange trees and tall, flowering shrubs, […] 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, “The Descent of Santa Maria”, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC, page 66:
- Charlie Mulgrew's delicious deadball delivery was attacked by a cluster of green and white shirts at [Allan] McGregor's back post but [Joe] Ledley got up higher and with more purpose than anyone else to thump a header home from five yards. 2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL [Scottish Premier League]: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record, Glasgow, Scotland: Reach plc, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2021:
- VVoe is mee, for I am as when they haue gathered the ſummer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluſter to eate: my ſoule deſired the firſt ripe fruit. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Micah 7:1, column 1:
- a cluster of islands
A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other. ▸ A group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other.
- The Pleiades cluster contains seven bright stars.
- My fellow biotic: You have been selected to receive this transmission because of our shared plight. Few understand us, fewer tolerate us. We must stand together. We must build our own new world. Come. Join us in the Hawking Eta cluster. Only as one body can we right the wrongs done to our kind. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City, Calif.: BioWare/Electronic Arts, →ISBN, PC, scene: Citadel:
(physical) A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other. ▸ An ensemble of bound atoms (especially of a metal) or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.
A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other. ▸ A group of computers that work together.
- A computer cluster is a collection of two or more computers used to execute a given problem or section. Typically, in a computer cluster, the interconnection network tying the computers together is a local area network (LAN). […] The computers in the cluster communicate among themselves and among the shared memory. 2011, Fayez Gebali, “Parallel Computers”, in Algorithms and Parallel Computing (Wiley Series on Parallel Computing and Distributed Computing; 82), Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, section 3.7 (Cluster Computing), page 60:
A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other. ▸ A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block (noun)).
A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other. ▸ A group of cases of the same disease occurring around the same place or time.
- A leukemia cluster has developed in the town.
A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other. ▸ Synonym of lexical bundle (“a sequence of two or more words that occur in a language with high frequency but are not idiomatic”).
- examples of clusters would include in accordance with, so far, and the results of
A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other. ▸ A set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast.
(US) A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other. ▸ In full oak leaf cluster: a small bronze or silver device shaped like a twig of oak leaves and acorns which is worn on a ribbon to indicate that the wearer has been conferred the same award or decoration before; an oakleaf.
A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other. ▸ A secundal chord of three or more notes.
A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other. ▸ A pronounceable group of consonants that occur together: a consonant cluster.
- The word scrub begins with a cluster of three consonants.
A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other. ▸ In cluster analysis: a subset of a population whose members are similar enough to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; also, such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant.
A number of individuals (animals or people) collected in one place or grouped together; a crowd, a mob, a swarm.
- Earless ghost swift moths become "invisible" to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. 2013 May–June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, New Haven, Conn.: Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2013, pages 206–207:
- As Bees / In ſpring time, when the Sun with Taurus rides, / Poure forth their populous youth about the Hive / In cluſters; they among freſh dews and flowers / Flie to and fro, […] 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 768–772:
- [T]hey all alight, and then they go to the ſecond gate, and if peraduenture they cannot get in, they ſit there vvithout, as Bees doe in the Sunne, all in a cluſter. 1625, [Samuel] Purchas, “The Voyage of Sir Francis Alvarez [i.e., Francisco Álvares], a Portugall Priest, Made vnto the Court of Prete Ianni, the Great Christian Emperour of Ethio”, in Purchas His Pilgrimes. […], 2nd part, London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, 7th book, § IIII, page 1045:
- VVe lou'd him, / But like Beaſts / And Covvardly Nobles, / Gaue vvay vnto your Cluſters, vvho did hoote / Him out o' th' Citty. c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi], page 24, column 2:
(euphemistic, form-of, slang) Euphemistic form of clusterfuck (“a chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong”).
form of clusterfuck

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
clusters	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (247)

cmn 串 (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · bg китка (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · es cúmulo (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · sv klase (bunch of grapes) · de Schwarm (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · fi konsonanttiklusteri (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · gl carrela (bunch of grapes) · fi ryväs (ensemble of bound atoms or molecules) · pl klaster (secundal chord of three or more notes) · bg кичур (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · de Schwarm (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · izh kärkkä (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · es acúmulo (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · fa خوشه ستارهای (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · cs shluk (subset of a population whose members are sufficiently similar to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant) · fi ryhmä (ensemble of bound atoms or molecules) · es grupo (group of computers that work together) · hy ողկույզ (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · de Computercluster (group of computers that work together) · mh bukun (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · es clúster (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · bg грозд (bunch of grapes) · mk кла́стер (logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors) · fa خوشه (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · fi klusteri (group of computers that work together) · gl gazo (bunch of grapes) · it grappolo (bunch of grapes) · es racimo (bunch of grapes) · el σύμπλεγμα (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · ckb دەستە (subset of a population whose members are sufficiently similar to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant) · no klase (bunch of grapes) · tl kumpol (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · fi ryhmä (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · kmr gurz (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · cmn 叢 /丛 (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · sv kluster (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · fi klusteri (subset of a population whose members are sufficiently similar to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant) · cmn 束 (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · cy cwlwm (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · de Haufen (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · hu csoport (number of individuals collected in one place or grouped together — see also crowd, mob, swarm) · sh klaster (group of computers that work together) · cmn 堆 (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · ro ciorchine (bunch of grapes) · eo fasko (logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors) · ro grupă (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · fa خوشه (set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast) · de Cluster (logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors) · da klase (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · ru пучо́к (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · de Cluster (secundal chord of three or more notes) · ka მტევანი (bunch of grapes) · ru рой (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · ks ترٛوٛنٛگ (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · de Cluster (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · ru кла́стер (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · da klase (bunch of grapes) · fi rypäle (set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast) · fi konsonanttiyhtymä (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · ru гру́ппа (subset of a population whose members are sufficiently similar to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant) · ga braisle (secundal chord of three or more notes) · pl zbitka (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · es agrupamiento (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · fi galaksijoukko (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · gl morea (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · sh klaster (logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors) · de Sternhaufen (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · el συστάδα (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · de Traube (set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast) · pl klaster (logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors) · gl escádea (bunch of grapes) · el σύμπλεγμα (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · fi sointu (secundal chord of three or more notes) · gl cango (bunch of grapes) · cy clwstwr (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · fr grappe (bunch of grapes) · pt encontro consonantal (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · gl fato (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · fi monisointu (secundal chord of three or more notes) · sh jato (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · jv dhapur (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · sk zhluk (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · de Rechnerverbund (group of computers that work together) · sh gòmila (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · mk кла́стер (group of computers that work together) · wa troke (bunch of grapes) · he צרור (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · fr amas (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · mk сноп (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · da klynge (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · ru кассе́та (set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast) · cmn 簇 (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · ga braisle (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · pl klaster (group of computers that work together) · gl cúmulo (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · pl grono (bunch of grapes) · es agrupación (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · pt aglomeração (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · cmn 塊 /块 (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · gl cangallo (bunch of grapes) · mk гру́па (subset of a population whose members are sufficiently similar to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant) · fi ryväs (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · ar عُنْقُود (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · gl acio (bunch of grapes) · mi pūrei (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · es agrupamiento (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · ckb ھێشوو (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · cy swp (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · ru скопле́ние (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · gl garo (bunch of grapes) · ka დაჯგუფება (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · ar عُنْقُود (bunch of grapes) · hu fürt (bunch of grapes) · es grupo (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · sh го̀мила (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · izh kimppu (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · ru скопле́ние (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · es amontonamiento (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · hu galaxishalmaz (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · es cúmulo estelar (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · hu mássalhangzócsoport (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · de Cluster (group of computers that work together) · hu mássalhangzó-torlódás (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · de Gruppe (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · cs kupa (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · fa خوشه (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · sh grozd (bunch of grapes) · ru гроздь (bunch of grapes) · fa خوشه (group of computers that work together) · pt cluster (group of computers that work together) · es piña (bunch of grapes) · cmn 群 (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · de Zuordnungseinheit (logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors) · id gugus (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · es cluster (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · sv kluster (group of computers that work together) · ro aglomerare de stele (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · bg рой (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · de Traube (bunch of grapes) · ar عُنْقُود نَجْمِيّ (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · kk шоғыр (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · el σύμπλεγμα (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · la racēmus (bunch of grapes) · hu csillaghalmaz (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · es acorde (secundal chord of three or more notes) · nds Kluuster (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · ro grup (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · eo fasko (group of computers that work together) · de Anhäufung (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · cy cwlwm (clwm) (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · pt conjunto (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · mi pūtoitanga (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · it gruppo (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · ga braisle (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · hu klaszter (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · ro mănunchi (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · cy swp (bunch of grapes) · fi terttu (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · fi rykelmä (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · eo traŭbo (bunch of grapes) · cy clwstwr (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · pl klaster (ensemble of bound atoms or molecules) · mk ја́то (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · es grupo (subset of a population whose members are sufficiently similar to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant) · ru стече́ние (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · pl skupisko (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · ru кла́стер (logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors) · ro roi de stele (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · es clóster (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · sv kluster (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · kmr wîşî (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · de Gruppe (subset of a population whose members are sufficiently similar to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant) · fi ryväs (group of computers that work together) · da klynge (set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast) · ru кла́стер (group of computers that work together) · gl riola (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · da klynge (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · ro aglomerație de stele (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · cy grawnswp (bunch of grapes) · fi klusteri (ensemble of bound atoms or molecules) · hu raj (number of individuals collected in one place or grouped together — see also crowd, mob, swarm) · gl bangallo (bunch of grapes) · mk грозд (bunch of grapes) · da sværm (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · de Gruppe (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · gl acumulo (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · cmn 团 (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · gl legumia (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · hi गुच्छ (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · pt aglomerado (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · da serie (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · tr salkım (bunch of grapes) · fi parvi (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · bg грозд (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · ru кисть (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · kmr deste (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · fi ryväs (group of cases of the same disease occurring around the same place or time) · hy բույլ (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · de Haufen (subset of a population whose members are sufficiently similar to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant) · mi tūhononga (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · nds Kluuster (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · fa خوشه (subset of a population whose members are sufficiently similar to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant) · gl entoado (secundal chord of three or more notes) · ckb دەستە (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · gl rebullón (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · ka ჯგუფი (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · de Haufen (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · wa troke (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · pt agrupamento (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · cs shluk (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · pt cluster (secundal chord of three or more notes) · fi klusteri (logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors) · cs hrozen (bunch of grapes) · fr régime (bunch of grapes) · cmn 簇 (logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors) · pt aglomerado (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · hu boly (number of individuals collected in one place or grouped together — see also crowd, mob, swarm) · hu nyaláb (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · hu mássalhangzó-kapcsolat (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · es aglomeración (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · el σμήνος (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · nl tros (bunch of grapes) · hu hangcsoport (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · mi pōī (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · fi rypäs (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · ga braisle (group of computers that work together) · ota صالقم (bunch of grapes) · ka კონა (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · hu csoport (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · fi rypäle (bunch of grapes) · de Schwarm (set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast) · fi ryväs (subset of a population whose members are sufficiently similar to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant) · pl gromada (group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other) · fi joukko (number of individuals collected in one place or grouped together — see also crowd, mob, swarm) · gl esgaro (bunch of grapes) · ckb ھێشوو (subset of a population whose members are sufficiently similar to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant) · da klynge (group of computers that work together) · fi kimppu (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · sv kluster (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · fi keskittymä (group of cases of the same disease occurring around the same place or time) · cs shluk (group of pronounceable consonants that occur together) · eo fasko (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · sv kluster (set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast) · pl amunicja kasetowa (set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast) · fr groupe (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · de Büschel (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other) · kmr qeft (bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other)

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cluster en · VERB

Pronunciation

/ˈklʌstə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(Southern-England) audio
/ˈklʌstɚ/ (General-American)
klŭsˈ-tər

Etymology

Meanings

(qualifier:chiefly passive voice, transitive) To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun sense 1).
- The queen-bee of the children-swarm, the wise little Louise, sate herself down at the window, and four other little heads clustered themselves about her, fervent and inquisitive, and almost pushing her away in their impatient zeal to get a peep at the arrival. 1843, Fredrika Bremer, The Home: Or, Family Cares and Family Joys, page 10:
- Not less the bee would range her cells, / The furzy prickle fire the dells, / The foxglove cluster dappled bells. 1833–1834 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “The Two Voices”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 121:
- The consciousness of such an action will give her features a nobler life on this illustrious day, than all the jewels that can hang in her hair or can be clustered in her bosom. 1712 February 16 (Gregorian calendar), [Richard Steele], “TUESDAY, February 6, 1711–1712”, in The Spectator, number 294; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 294:
(qualifier:chiefly passive voice, transitive) To cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters.
- The sea is clustered with islands.
(intransitive) To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather.
- While their soft and humid kisses / To her conscious lips they press, / Like a spiral sunbeam floating, / Clustereth every golden tress; […] 1853 August, Fanny Green, “Spirit Guests”, in The Journal of Progress; […], volume II, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Harmonial Association, →OCLC, page 12, column 2:
- The luscious fruitage clustereth mellowly, / Goldenkernelled, goldencored, / Sunset-ripened above on the tree. 1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “The Hesperides”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, stanza IV, page 106:
- It is Thou, Lord, who hast put far from us these sorrows, who still sparest every member of our household, the olive-branches round about our table, and the vine that clustereth on the walls of our house. 1854, Barton Bouchier, “Thursday Morning”, in The Ark in the House: Or, A Series of Family Prayers for a Month; with Prayers for Special Occasions, London: John Farquhar Shaw, […], →OCLC, page 205:
- All that is hard and harsh, and graceless in nature clustereth around her. 1864 July 3, Ada Clare, The “Blue Stocking”; reproduced in “Ada Clare (1836–1874)”, in Ida Rae Egli, editor, No Rooms of Their Own: Women Writers of Early California, Berkeley, Calif.: Heyday Books in association with Rick Heide, 1992, →ISBN, page 326:
- On the page, "Me" [a poem by Rachel Blau DuPlessis] is irregular but—except for a prominent drawing of a two-toned hieroglyphic eye—not radically unusual: the lines are consistently left-justified; their length varies from one to a dozen syllables; they cluster in stanzalike units anywhere from one to six lines long that are separated by consistent spaces. 1997, Lynn Keller, “Grand Collage Out of Bounds: Feminist Serial Poems by Beverly Dahlen and Rachel Blau DuPlessis”, in Forms of Expansion: Recent Long Poems by Women, Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 281:
- [H]is sunny hair / Clustered about his temples like a God's: […] 1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “Œnone”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 54:
- I met a little cottage girl, / She was eight years old, she said; / Her hair was thick with many a curl / That cluster'd round her head. 1798, [William Wordsworth], “We Are Seven”, in Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, London: […] J[ohn] & A[rthur] Arch, […], →OCLC, stanza 2, page 110:
- Around the little bud clustereth volumes of high and pure thoughts. 1855, Charles Linton, chapter XV, in The Healing of the Nations. […], New York, N.Y.: Society for the Diffusion of Spiritual Knowledge, →OCLC, paragraph 156, page 244:
- The children clustered around the puppy.
- Oh grief to think, that grapes of gall / Should cluster round thine healthiest shoot! 1827, [John Keble], “Thursday before Easter”, in The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year, volume I, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [B]y W. Baxter, for J. Parker; and C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […], →OCLC, stanza 4, page 134:
- [T]he fruite cluſtereth togyther lyke to ſmal grapes, which in the beginning is greene, and afterwarde when it is ripe, al blacke. 1578, Rembert Dodoens, “Of Brionie”, in Henry Lyte, transl., A Niewe Herball, or Historie of Plantes: […], London [actually Antwerp]: […] [Hendrik van der Loe for] Gerard Dewes, […], →OCLC, page 380:
- VVoes cluſter; rare are ſolitary VVoes; / They love a Train; they tread each other's Heel: […] 1742, [Edward Young], “Night the Third. Narcissa. […]”, in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], and T[homas] Cooper, […], →OCLC, page 6:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
clustered	Number=Plur, Tense=Past		lexicographic
clustered	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Past		lexicographic
clustered	Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past		lexicographic
clustered	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
clustered	Mood=Sub, Tense=Past		lexicographic
clustered	Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Past		lexicographic
clustered	Tense=Past		lexicographic
clusters	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
clustereth	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	archaic	lexicographic
clustering	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
cluster	Number=Plur, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
cluster	VerbForm=Inf		lexicographic
cluster	Mood=Sub, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
cluster	Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
cluster	Mood=Imp, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
cluster	Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
clusteredst	Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past	archaic	lexicographic
clusterest	Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres	archaic	lexicographic

Deriveds

miscluster · recluster · clusterer · clusterability · clusterable · clustering · clustered

Synonyms

constellate

Translations (28)

es agruparse (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · fi kasvaa tertussa (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · es enracimarse (to form a cluster or group) · sh nagomilávati (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · de gruppieren (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · fi ryhmittyä (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · el μαζεύομαι (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · cy tyrru (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · ga braisligh (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · es amontonar (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · de anhäufen (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · sh нагомѝлати (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · da flokkes (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · pt aglomerar (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · es arracimarse (to form a cluster or group) · da samle sig i klynge (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · mi pōī (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · mk се со́бира (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · fi kerääntyä (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · mk се со́бере (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · sh nagomìlati (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · cy tyrru (to form a cluster or group) · cy clystyru (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · bg трупам се (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · cy clystyru (to form a cluster or group) · sh нагомила́вати (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · de ballen (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters) · es aglomerar (to collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters)

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cluster en · VERB

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