~ 1 [ 'kɒmju:n ]
■ noun
1》 a group of people living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities.
↘a communal settlement in a communist country.
2》 the smallest French territorial division for administrative purposes.
3》 ( the Commune ) the group which seized the municipal government of Paris in the French Revolution and played a leading part in the Terror.
↘the municipal government organized on communalistic principles elected in Paris in 1871.
Origin
C17: from Fr., from med. L. communia , neut. plural of L. communis (see common ).
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~ 2 [ kə'mju:n ]
■ verb ( ~ with ) share one's intimate thoughts or feelings with.
↘feel in close spiritual contact with.
Origin
ME: from OFr. comuner 'to share', from comun (see common ).