COMMUNITY

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

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Antonyms

• anticommunity

• noncommunity

Hyponyms

• subcommunity

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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