Definition of 'community'
Word forms: plural communities
1. singular noun [with singular or plural verb]
The community is all the people who live in a particular area or place.
3. uncountable noun
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community in British English
nounWord forms: plural -ties
2.
the Protestant community
5.
common ownership or participation
7.
(in Wales since 1974 and Scotland since 1975) the smallest unit of local government; a subdivision of a district
8. ecology
a group of interdependent plants and animals inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other through food and other relationships
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Word origin
C14: from Latin commūnitās, from commūnis commonWord Frequency
community in American English
nounWord forms: plural comˈmunities
1.
a.
all the people living in a particular district, city, etc.
b.
the district, city, etc. where they live
2.
a group of people forming a smaller social unit within a larger one, and sharing common interests, work, identity, location, etc.
a college community, the labor community
3.
a group of nations loosely or closely associated because of common traditions or for political or economic advantage
4.
society in general; the public
5.
ownership or participation in common
community of goods
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community in American English
(kəˈmjuːnɪti)
nounWord forms: plural -ties
SYNONYMS 1. community, hamlet, village, town, city are terms for groups of people living in somewhat close association, and usually
under common rules. community is a general term, and town is often loosely applied. A commonly accepted set of connotations envisages hamlet as a small group, village as a somewhat larger one, town still larger, and city as very large. Size is, however, not the true basis of differentiation, but properly
sets off only hamlet. Incorporation, or the absence of it, and the type of government determine the classification
of the others.8. similarity, likeness.1.
a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage
2.
a locality inhabited by such a group
3. (usually prec. by the)
a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists
the business community
the community of scholars
4.
a group of associated nations sharing common interests or a common heritage
the community of Western Europe
9. See the community
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Derived forms
communital adjective
Word origin
[1325–75; ‹ L commūnitās, equiv. to commūni(s) common + -tās -ty2; r. ME comunete ‹ MF ‹ L as above]Examples of 'community' in a sentence
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community
British English: community
/kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ/ NOUN
The community is all the people who live in a particular area or place.
He's well liked by people in the community.
- American English: community /kəmyˈunɪti/
- Arabic: مُجْتَمَع
- Brazilian Portuguese: comunidade
- Chinese: 社区
- Croatian: zajednica
- Czech: komunita
- Danish: lokalsamfund
- Dutch: gemeenschap
- European Spanish: comunidad
- Finnish: yhteisö
- French: communauté
- German: Gemeinschaft
- Greek: κοινότητα
- Italian: comunità
- Japanese: 地域社会
- Korean: 공동체
- Norwegian: samfunn
- Polish: społeczność
- European Portuguese: comunidade
- Romanian: comunitate
- Russian: общество
- Latin American Spanish: comunidad
- Swedish: samhälle
- Thai: ชุมชน
- Turkish: topluluk
- Ukrainian: громада
- Vietnamese: cộng đồng
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