Used in a sentence: Angela was happy to see that there were a bunch of presents under the Christmas tree.

The word bunch also refers to things that are connected together. In this sense, the items that make up the bunch are tied together or have something that connects them to each other.\n

Real-life examples: You might eat from a bunch of grapes and be left with just the stem. A maintenance person usually carries a bunch of keys on a ring.
Used in a sentence: I bought a small bunch of bananas.

Informally, a bunch is a group of people.\n

Used in a sentence: A bunch of kids ran past us to watch the clown perform magic tricks.

Bunch can be used to mean to gather into a group or cluster.\n

Used in a sentence: I bunched all of the wrapping paper into a ball and threw it in the trash.

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