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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024com•mu•ni•ty /kəˈmyunɪti/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -ties. - Sociologya group of people who live in a specific location, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage:the Haitian community in the city.
- Sociologya locality inhabited by such a group.
- Sociologya social, political, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests:the business community.
- Sociology[usually* singular] the public;
society. - Ecologya group of interacting plant and animal populations in a given area:studying the desert community.
- condition of sharing or having things in common.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•mu•ni•ty (kə myo̅o̅′ni tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. - Sociologya social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
- Sociologya locality inhabited by such a group.
- Sociologya 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.
- Sociologya group of associated nations sharing common interests or a common heritage:the community of Western Europe.
- Religion[Eccles.]a group of men or women leading a common life according to a rule.
- Ecologyan assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area.
- joint possession, enjoyment, liability, etc.:community of property.
- similar character;
agreement;
identity:community of interests. - Sociology the community, the public;
society:the needs of the community.
- Latin as above
- Middle French
- Latin commūnitās, equivalent. to commūni(s) common + -tās -ty2; replacing Middle English comunete
- 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged 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.See corresponding entry in Unabridged similarity, likeness.
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