community
nounEtymology
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.
- derived from commūnitās
- derived from communité
- inherited from communite
Definitions
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.
A residential or religious collective
A residential or religious collective; a commune.
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.
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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.
The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
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.
Common character
Common character; likeness.
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.
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
- antonymanticommunity
- antonymnoncommunity
- neighborcommon
- neighborcommonalty
- neighborcommonship
- neighborcommunal
- neighborcommune
- neighborcommunication
- neighborcommunism
- neighborcommunist
- neighborcommunitive
- neighborcommuniversity
- neighborsubcommunity
Derived
aim community, anticommunity, autonomous community, bedroom community, biocommunity, care in the community, climax community, communitarian, communitarianism, communitization, communitize, community card, community cat, community centre, community chest, community college, community council, community development, community garden, community group, community immunity, community interest company, community language, community manager, community note, community nurse, community of practice, community organizer, community owned, community ownership, community payback, community pharmacy, community policeman, community police officer, community policing, community property, community psychiatric nurse, community quarantine, community resolution, community service · +43 more
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