COMMUNITY


Meaning of COMMUNITY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kə-ˈmyü-nə-tē ]

noun

( plural -ties )

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English comunete, from Anglo-French communité, from Latin communitat-, communitas, from communis

Date: 14th century

1. : a unified body of individuals: as

a. : state , commonwealth

b. : the people with common interests living in a particular area ; broadly : the area itself

the problems of a large community

c. : an interacting population of various kinds of individuals (as species) in a common location

d. : a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society

a community of retired persons

e. : a group linked by a common policy

f. : a body of persons or nations having a common history or common social, economic, and political interests

the international community

g. : a body of persons of common and especially professional interests scattered through a larger society

the academic community

2. : society at large

3.

a. : joint ownership or participation

community of goods

b. : common character : likeness

community of interests

c. : social activity : fellowship

d. : a social state or condition

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.