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