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com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ty
[kuh-myoo-ni-tee] 
–noun, plural -ties.
| 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. | 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 (usually prec. by the): 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. |
| 5. | Ecclesiastical. a group of men or women leading a common life according to a rule. |
| 6. | Ecology. an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area. |
| 7. | joint possession, enjoyment, liability, etc.: community of property. |
| 8. | similar character; agreement; identity: community of interests. |
| 9. | the community, the public; society: the needs of the community. |
Origin:
1325–75; < L commūnitās, equiv. to commūni(s) common + -tās -ty 2 ; r. ME comunete < MF < L as above
1325–75; < L commūnitās, equiv. to commūni(s) common + -tās -ty 2 ; r. ME comunete < MF < L as above
Related forms:
com⋅mu⋅ni⋅tal, adjective
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. 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.
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| com·mu·ni·ty (kə-myōō'nĭ-tē) n. pl. com·mu·ni·ties
[Middle English communite, citizenry, from Old French, from Latin commūnitās, fellowship, from commūnis, common; see common.] |
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community (kə-my 'nĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key
A group of organisms or populations living and interacting with one another in a particular environment. The organisms in a community affect each other's abundance, distribution, and evolutionary adaptation. Depending on how broadly one views the interaction between organisms, a community can be small and local, as in a pond or tree, or regional or global, as in a biome. |
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Language Translation for : communities
Spanish:
comunidad,
German:
die Gemeinschaft,
Japanese:
共同体
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