community

noun
/kəˈmjuː.nɪ.ti/UK/k(ə)ˈmju.nə.ti/CA/kəmˈjunɪʈi/

Etymology

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. Displaced native Old English ġemǣnsċipe. Doublet of communitas.

  1. derived from commūnitās
  2. derived from communité
  3. inherited from communite

Definitions

  1. A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or…

    A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.

  2. A residential or religious collective

    A residential or religious collective; a commune.

  3. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each…

    A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.

  4. + 6 more definitions
    1. A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social,…

      A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.

      • Purpose doesn’t only come from work. The third way we can create a sense of purpose for everyone is by building community. And when our generation says “everyone”, we mean everyone in the world.
    2. The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.

    3. Common enjoyment or possession

      Common enjoyment or possession; participation.

      • a community of goods
      • Besides, you are depriving yourself of the comforts of her sympathy; and not merely that, but also endangering the only bond that can keep hearts together—an unreserved community of thought and feeling.
    4. Common character

      Common character; likeness.

    5. Commonness

      Commonness; frequency.

      • So when he had occaſion to be ſeene, / He was but as the Cuckoe is in Iune, / Heard, not regarded: Seene, but with ſuch eie / As ſicke and blunted with communitie, / Affoord no extraordinary gaze.
    6. A local area within a county or county borough which is the lowest tier of local…

      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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for community. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA