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Variant of community

community Definition

com·mu·nity (kə myo̵̅o̅′nə tē)

noun pl. communities -·ties

    1. all the people living in a particular district, city, etc.
    2. the district, city, etc. where they live
  2. a group of people forming a smaller social unit within a larger one, and sharing common interests, work, identity, location, etc. a college community, the labor community
  3. a group of nations loosely or closely associated because of common traditions or for political or economic advantage
  4. society in general; the public
  5. ownership or participation in common community of goods
  6. similarity; likeness community of tastes
    1. the condition of living with others
    2. friendly association; fellowship
  8. Ecol. biocenosis

Etymology: ME & OFr communite < L communitas, community, fellowship < communis, common

communities Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • deprive: Now, it is deprived communities, traditionally supporters of the left, who are demanding reform.
  • empower: Sustainable communities: empowering communities to develop their independence and autonomy whilst making and maintaining links to the wider society.

Adjective modifier

  • rural: Based above all on trusting rural communities to have far more say in deciding their own futures.
  • ethnic: November 2005 - January 2006 We Were There For 200 years people from ethnic minority communities have fought for Britain all over the world.
  • wide: Industry standards were then developed to meet the needs of wider communities of interest.
  • sustainable: To help residents lead healthy lives in safe and sustainable communities.

Noun used with modifier

  • minority: November 2005 - January 2006 We Were There For 200 years people from ethnic minority communities have fought for Britain all over the world.
  • faith: New film highlights how faith communities can support people with learning disabilities April 2006.
  • refugee: On this evidence he expressed serious concern that access to combination therapy is likely to be very low among refugee communities.

communities Quotes

Equality of condition is incompatible with civilization, and is found only to exist in those communities that are but slightly removed from the savage state. In practice, it can only mean a common misery. —Cooper,James Fenimore

We get richer and richer in filthier and filthier communities until we reach a final stage of affluent miseryöa crocus on a garbage heap. —Gardner,JohnWilliam

Who can tell without instruction what is likely to be the effect of thenew loans of England toforeignnations? We press upon half-finished and half-civilized communities incalculable sums; we are to them what the London money-dealers are to students at Oxford and Cambridge. —Bagehot,Walter