commune
com·mune (kə myo̵̅o̅n′; for n. käm′yo̵̅o̅n′)
intransitive verb -·muned′, -·mun′·ing
- to talk together intimately
- to be in close rapport to commune with nature
- Archaic to receive Holy Communion
Etymology: ME communen < OFr comuner, to make common, share < comun (see common); also < OFr communier, to administer the sacrament < L communicare, to share (LL(Ec), to receive the sacrament): see communicate
noun
Old Poet. intimate conversation
commune with oneself
to think; ponder
com·mune (käm′yo̵̅o̅n′)
noun
- Archaic the common people
- a community; specif.,
- a local body for self-government, esp. in medieval towns
- Obsolete a mir
- the smallest administrative district of local government in France, Belgium, and some other countries in Europe
- a strictly organized collective farm, as in China
- ☆ a small group of people living communally and sharing in work, earnings, etc.
Etymology: ME & OFr < ML communia, orig. pl. of L commune, lit., that which is common < communis, common
the Commune
- the revolutionary government of Paris from 1792 to 1794
- the revolutionary government established in Paris from March 18 to May 28, 1871
commune
n.
Converse of object
- join: He traveled to the USA and joined a hippie commune in San Francisco.
- leave: Jane and Andy left the commune in 2000 and were unable to continue to look after him.
- call: The sultry singer grew up as part of a traveling music commune called Embryo in places such as Afghanistan, Nepal and Pakistan.
Adjective modifier
- hippy: Column by Mike Gonzalez, May 2002 Has the dream of the hippy commune now turned into a nightmare?
- agricultural: The film shows the organization of a large agricultural commune to the north of Peking.
- rural: As a writer he spent a significant portion of his life in a rural commune on the outskirts of Sheffield.
- French: It passed through French, Swedish and British hands before finally becoming part of the French commune of Guadeloupe.
- small: For a small commune this can literally break the bank.
- local: The problem lies in the local commune 's responsibility to pay for rescues in their area.
Modifying Another Word
- truly: Because you are truly communing with that otherwise annoying wet stuff that makes this country so wonderfully green.
- together: All day the people went about the castle with troubled faces, and communed together in undertones.
Noun used with modifier
- ius: The resilience of the English common law; influences of Roman law; the English common law in relation to a European ius commune.
- hippie: According to Levy, cyberspace therefore is the online version of a hippie commune.
- peasant: Pallot J ' Did the Stolypin Land Reform destroy the peasant commune?
- village: Tartans denote different clans in Scotland and in Guatemala a woman's blouse can indicate the village commune from which she comes.
- anarchist: If it were possible, a loose collection of anarchist communes would be the best scheme of arrangement.
Preposition: in
- village: From here we spotted a hippy commune in a nearby village, which we decided to gatecrash, and promptly got thrown out of.
Preposition: with
- spirit: He describes how people possessed a natural spiritual vision in ancient times, enabling them to commune with nature spirits.
- nature: To commune with nature where the antelope roam, Made me decide to leave my English home.
- world: This was the Venice of my dreams, a place where I could commune with a world of high art.
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