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commune¹ Definition

com·mune (kə myo̵̅o̅n′; for n. käm′yo̵̅o̅n′)

intransitive verb -·muned′, -·mun′·ing

    1. to talk together intimately
    2. to be in close rapport to commune with nature
  2. 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

commune¹ Idioms

commune with oneself

to think; ponder

commune² Definition

com·mune (käm′yo̵̅o̅n′)

noun

  1. Archaic the common people
  2. a community; specif.,
    1. a local body for self-government, esp. in medieval towns
    2. Obsolete a mir
  3. the smallest administrative district of local government in France, Belgium, and some other countries in Europe
  4. a strictly organized collective farm, as in China
  5. ☆ 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

commune² Idioms

the Commune

  1. the revolutionary government of Paris from 1792 to 1794
  2. the revolutionary government established in Paris from March 18 to May 28, 1871
commune Synonyms

commune

n.

collective, cooperative, community, village, municipality, congregate housing; see also city, cooperative, neighborhood.

commune Usage Examples

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.