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community

/k(ə)ˈmju.nə.ti/

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What does community mean?

noun

  1. A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.
  2. A residential or religious collective; a commune.
  3. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
More meanings (7)

noun

  1. A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.
  2. The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
  3. A feeling of togetherness or connectedness, common identity or of possessing a similar outlook, perspective and purpose with some group of people.
  4. A local area within a county or county borough which is the lowest tier of local government, usually represented by a community council or town council, which is generally equivalent to a civil parish in England.
  5. (obsolete) Common enjoyment or possession; participation.
  6. (obsolete) Common character; likeness.
  7. (obsolete) Commonness; frequency.
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It was my unhappy lot not only to belong to a religious slaveholder, but to live in a community of such religionists.
Frederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveProject Gutenberg ebook #23
The surplus he holds merely as custodian, and it is passed on to the younger members of the community as necessity demands.
Edgar Rice BurroughsA princess of MarsProject Gutenberg ebook #62
More book examples (3)
The work in our community, if it was done at all, was done by despairing women whose hearts were with their men.
Anna Howard Shaw; Elizabeth Garver JordanThe Story of a PioneerProject Gutenberg ebook #354
You will find the community heart in the precious handful who believe that the service of God is the service of man.
Ralph Albert ParletteThe University of Hard KnocksProject Gutenberg ebook #455
Take, for instance, one of the most wretched classes of the community, the poor fellows who perambulate the streets as Sandwich Men.
William BoothIn Darkest England, and the Way OutProject Gutenberg ebook #475