community

  • 1community — com‧mu‧ni‧ty [kəˈmjuːnti] noun communities PLURALFORM [countable] 1. all the people who live in the same area, city etc: • The new arts centre will serve the whole community. 2. a group of people who all share the same nationality, religion, or… …

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  • 2community — com·mu·ni·ty n pl ties 1: the people who live in a particular place or region and usu. are linked by some common interests 2 a: the mass of community property owned by a husband and wife a spouse may not...lease to a third person his undivided… …

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  • 3Community — Título Community Género Comedia Creado por Dan Harmon Reparto Joel McHale Gillian Jacobs Danny Pudi Yvette Nicole Brown Alison Brie Donald Glover Ken Jeong Chevy Chase …

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  • 4Community — Titre original Community Genre Sitcom Créateur(s) Dan Harmon Pays d’origine …

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  • 5Community — Com*mu ni*ty, n.; pl. {Communities}. [L. communitas: cf. OF. communit[ e]. Cf. {Commonalty}, and see {Common}.] 1. Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods. [1913 Webster] The original community of all things. Locke …

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  • 6community — late 14c., from O.Fr. comunité community, commonness, everybody (Mod.Fr. communauté), from L. communitatem (nom. communitas) community, fellowship, from communis common, public, general, shared by all or many, (see COMMON (Cf. common)). Latin… …

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  • 7community — in the sense ‘a place considered together with its inhabitants’ has given rise to attributive uses such as community police officer, community care (long term care for the ill and elderly), community service (unpaid work to be done by offenders… …

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  • 8community — [kə myo͞o′nə tē] n. pl. communities [ME & OFr communite < L communitas, community, fellowship < communis,COMMON] 1. a) all the people living in a particular district, city, etc. b) the district, city, etc. where they live 2. a group of… …

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  • 9community — ► NOUN (pl. communities) 1) a group of people living together in one place. 2) (the community) the people of an area or country considered collectively; society. 3) a group of people with a common religion, race, or profession: the scientific… …

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  • 10community — [n1] society, area of people association, body politic, center, colony, commonality, commonwealth, company, district, general public, hamlet, locality, nation, neck of the woods*, neighborhood, people, populace, public, residents, society, state …

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