shifting groups
noun phraseUK /ˈʃɪftɪŋ ɡruːps/
US /ˈʃɪftɪŋ ɡruːps/
Groups of people that keep changing or moving around.
The teacher made shifting groups so everyone could work with new friends.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Groups whose members or positions change over time in a study or experiment.
Researchers tracked the shifting groups of animals across the seasons.
3. Sets of items that are rearranged or moved from one place to another.
The shifting groups of boxes made the storeroom hard to navigate.
4. In math, collections of numbers or objects that are moved or rearranged together.
We practiced shifting groups of blocks to learn about patterns.