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noun, a group of people having cultural, religious, ethnic, or other characteristics in common
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community
- 1) noun, a) the people living in one locality b) the locality in which they live c) (as modifier)
- 2) noun, a group of people having cultural, religious, ethnic, or other characteristics in common
- 3) noun, a group of nations having certain interests in common
- 4) noun, the public in general; society
- 5) noun, common ownership or participation
- 6) noun, similarity or agreement
- 7) noun, (in Wales since 1974 and Scotland since 1975) the smallest unit of local government; a subdivision of a district
- 8) noun, ecology a group of interdependent plants and animals inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other through food and other relationships
Etymology
C14: from Latin commūnitās, from commūnis common
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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Synonyms
society, people, public, association, population, resident, commonwealth, populace, body politic, state, company, district, area, quarter, region, sector, parish, neighbourhood, vicinity, locality, locale
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