community

Meaning

1. (countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.
2. (countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune.
3. (countable) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
4. (Internet, countable) A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.
5. (uncountable) The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
6. (countable, obsolete) Common enjoyment or possession; participation.
7. (obsolete, uncountable) Common character; likeness.
8. (obsolete, uncountable) Commonness; frequency.
9. (Wales, countable) 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.

Synonyms

society

group

public

colony

village

crowd

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

association

settlement

town

🏙️

class

commune

throng

family

👪

fellowship

communion

commonality

biotic community

union

caste

commonness

congregation

sect

civic

city

🏙️

biocoenosis

township

tribe

biocenosis

commonwealth

sisterhood

shared

the public

belonging

corporation

club

party

🥳

company

community of interests

mass

nation

residential district

cohesiveness

mankind

district

collective

organization

residential area

commonweal

commonalty

Translations

communauté

comunidad

comunità

Gemeinschaft

comunidade

Gemeinde

gemeenschap

comunitat

κοινότητα

gemeente

collectivité

société

commune

topluluk

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈmjuː.nɪ.ti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: communite

Cognate with French: communauté

In summary

From Late Middle English communite, borrowed from Old French communité, comunité, comunete (modern French communauté), from Classical Latin commūnitās (“community; public spirit”), from commūn(is) (“common, ordinary; of or for the community, public”) + -itās. By surface analysis, commun(e) + -ity. Doublet of communitas.

Sentences

Bendigo residents today hold their Chinese Community in the highest esteem .

There is also Hammons off-campus community school .

The community is located in the Oklahoma Panhandle .

Matthei was born among a community of German Chileans in Southern Chile .

Colotenango is traditionally a Maya community whose residents speak the Mayan Mam language .

There is also an outdoor swimming pool in the constituent community of Rottenberg.