community

com·mu·ni·ty

A community of young Buddhist monks.

noun

The definition of community is all the people living in an area or a group or groups of people who share common interests.

An example of community is a group of Buddhists who meet and chant together.
An example of community is a suburban area that determines local laws and guidelines for business, schooling and other governmental functions.

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community

noun

pl. -·ties

1. all the people living in a particular district, city, etc.
2. the district, city, etc. where they live
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
a group of nations loosely or closely associated because of common traditions or for political or economic advantage
society in general; the public
ownership or participation in common: community of goods
similarity; likeness: community of tastes
1. the condition of living with others
2. friendly association; fellowship
Ecol. biocenosis

Origin of community

Middle English and Old French communite from Classical Latin communitas, community, fellowship from communis, common

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community

noun

pl. com·mu·ni·ties

a. A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government.
b. The district or locality in which such a group lives.
a. A group of people having common interests: the scientific community; the international business community.
b. A group viewed as forming a distinct segment of society: the gay community; the community of color.
a. Similarity or identity: a community of interests.
b. Sharing, participation, and fellowship: a sense of community.
Society as a whole; the public.
a. A group of organisms interacting with one another and with the environment in a specific region.
b. The region occupied by a group of interacting organisms.

Origin of community

Middle English communite citizenry from Old French from Latin commūnitās fellowship from commūnis common ; see common .

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Noun

(plural communities)

A group sharing a common understanding and often the same language, manners, tradition and law. See civilization.
A community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime (Oscar Wilde)
A commune, or residential or religious collective.
The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
(ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
(Internet) A group of people interacting by electronic means for social, professional, educational or other purposes; a virtual community.
Washington Irving
An unreserved community of thought and feeling.

a community of goods

Related terms

Origin

From Old French communité, from Classical Latin communitas, from commūnis (“common”). Cognates include French communauté.

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community - Legal Definition

n

A group of people living together or in the same locality or who share interests or a sense of identity.
The area, district, locality, neighborhood, or vicinity where a group of people lives.

marital community

A married couple in a community property state.