cluster

groupe, grappe

Ensemble de choses réunies tout près les unes des autres.

En anglais simple : A group of things gathered close together.

• We found a cluster of berries.
• A small cluster of houses stood near the river.
• The bananas grew in large clusters.

Comment l'utiliser : a cluster of something (A cluster of flowers grew beside the path.)

Synonymes : group, bunch

Expressions courantes : cluster of something, small cluster, tight cluster, cluster of islands

amas

Groupe d’étoiles, de galaxies ou de nuages de gaz qui semblent proches les uns des autres dans l’espace.

En anglais simple : A group of stars, galaxies, or clouds of gas that appear close together in space.

• This cluster contains many stars.
• Astronomers discovered a new galaxy cluster.
• Can you see the star cluster without a telescope?

Comment l'utiliser : a cluster of stars/galaxies (The telescope revealed a distant cluster of galaxies.)

Synonymes : clump

Expressions courantes : star cluster, galaxy cluster, globular cluster

se regrouper, s'agglutiner

Se réunir en groupe, très près les uns des autres.

En anglais simple : To gather or form a group close together.

• People clustered near the door.
• The children clustered around the puppy.
• Small houses cluster together on the hillside.

Comment l'utiliser : cluster around someone/something (The children clustered around their teacher.); cluster together (The sheep clustered together for warmth.)

Synonymes : gather, group, bunch

Contraires : scatter, disperse

Expressions courantes : cluster around someone, cluster together, cluster near something

se regrouper

Se réunir pour former un groupe serré.

En anglais simple : To come together in a close group.

• The birds cluster together at night.
• People clustered around the street musician.
• Why do these insects cluster near the light?

Comment l'utiliser : cluster around someone/something (Visitors clustered around the painting.)

Synonymes : gather, group, bunch together

Contraires : scatter, disperse

Expressions courantes : cluster around someone, cluster together

regrouper

Placer des choses en petits groupes répartis dans un espace.

En anglais simple : To place things in small groups across an area.

• Cluster the chairs together near the window.
• They clustered the flowers in small patches.
• The map was clustered with red dots.

Comment l'utiliser : cluster something around something (The designer clustered the buttons around the screen.); be clustered with something (The hillside was clustered with little houses.)

Synonymes : group, bunch

Contraires : scatter

Expressions courantes : cluster something together, cluster something around something