community, biotic community
(noun) (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
community
(noun) a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common; “he was well known throughout the Catholic community”; “the news spread rapidly through the medical community”; “they formed a community of scientists”
community
(noun) a group of people living in a particular local area; “the team is drawn from all parts of the community”
community
(noun) a group of nations having common interests; “they hoped to join the NATO community”
community
(noun) common ownership; “they shared a community of possessions”
community, community of interests
(noun) agreement as to goals; “the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
community (countable and uncountable, plural communities)
(countable) A group sharing a common understanding, and often the same language, law, manners, and/or tradition.
(countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune.
(countable, ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
(countable, Internet) A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.
(uncountable) The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
(countable, obsolete) Common enjoyment or possession; participation.
(uncountable, obsolete) Common character; likeness.
(uncountable, obsolete) Commonness; frequency.
• anticommunity
• noncommunity
• subcommunity
Source: Wiktionary
Com*mu"ni*ty, n.; pl. Communities. Etym: [L. communitas: cf. OF. communité. Cf. Commonalty, and see Common.]
1. Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods. The original community of all things. Locke. An unreserved community of thought and feeling. W. Irwing.
2. A body of people having common rights, privileges, or interests, or living in the same place under the same laws and regulations; as, a community of monks. Hence a number of animals living in a common home or with some apparent association of interests. Creatures that in communities exist. Wordsworth.
3. Society at large; a commonwealth or state; a body politic; the public, or people in general. Burdens upon the poorer classes of the community. Hallam.
Note: In this sense, the term should be used with the definite article; as, the interests of the community.
4. Common character; likeness. [R.] The essential community of nature between organic growth and inorganic growth. H. Spencer.
5. Commonness; frequency. [Obs.] Eyes . . . sick and blunted with community. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
