community

A2 Topic:People & Society

Also spelled com-munity and communty

US /k(ə)ˈmju.nə.ti/ UK /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.ti/ See IPA manual

Freq #1765

Meanings

1

noun
A group of people who live in the same area.

The whole community came together to help after the flood.
2

noun
A group of people who share something in common, such as a language, religion, or interest.

There is a large Italian community in this part of the city.
3

noun
A group of people who connect with each other online for a shared purpose.

She is active in an online community of gamers.
4

noun
A group of plants and animals living together in the same area.

Scientists studied the community of organisms living in the pond.

Thesaurus

Opposites

anticommunitynoncommunity

Word family

Forms communities

Derived forms anticommunitybiocommunitycommunitariancommunitarianismcommunitizationcommunitizecommunitywidecommunitywisecoonmunitycybercommunitydiscommunityecocommunity

Related forms common commonaltycommonshipcommunal commune communication communism communistcommunitivecommuniversity

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Phrases (1)

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medical community
people connected through the practice or study of medicine

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Late Middle English communite, borrowed from Old French communité, comunité, comunete (modern French communauté), from Classical Latin commūnitās (“community; public spirit”), from commūn(is) (“common, ordinary; of or for the community, public”) + -itās. By surface analysis, commun(e) + -ity. Displaced native Old English ġemǣnsċipe. Doublet of communitas.

*mey- (change) Proto-Indo-European communite Middle English communité Old French commūnitās Latin

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# community

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /k(ə)ˈmju.nə.ti/
**IPA (UK):** /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.ti/
**Frequency rank:** 1765

## Meanings
1. A group of people who live in the same area.
2. A group of people who share something in common, such as a language, religion, or interest.
3. A group of people who connect with each other online for a shared purpose.
4. A group of plants and animals living together in the same area.

## Examples
- The whole community came together to help after the flood.
- There is a large Italian community in this part of the city.
- She is active in an online community of gamers.
- Scientists studied the community of organisms living in the pond.

## Antonyms
- anticommunity
- noncommunity

## Derived Forms
- anticommunity
- biocommunity
- communitarian
- communitarianism
- communitization
- communitize
- communitywide
- communitywise
- coonmunity
- cybercommunity
- discommunity
- ecocommunity

## Related Forms
- common
- commonalty
- commonship
- communal
- commune
- communication
- communism
- communist
- communitive
- communiversity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *mey- (change)
- Root: communite
- Root: communité
- Root: commūnitās

## Etymology
From Late Middle English communite, borrowed from Old French communité, comunité, comunete (modern French communauté), from Classical Latin commūnitās (“community; public spirit”), from commūn(is) (“common, ordinary; of or for the community, public”) + -itās. By surface analysis, commun(e) + -ity. Displaced native Old English ġemǣnsċipe. Doublet of communitas.

## AI Etymology
community is a noun. It is from Late Middle English communite, borrowed from Old French communité, comunité, comunete (modern French communauté), from Classical Latin commūnitās (“community; public spirit”), from commūn(is) (“common, ordinary; of or for the community, public”) + -itās. By surface analysis, commun(e) + -ity. Displaced native Old English ġemǣnsċipe. Doublet of communitas. Historical forms in the chain include *mey- (change) (Proto-Indo-European), communite (Middle English), communité (Old French), and commūnitās (Latin). Current senses include a group of people who live in the same area, a group of people who share something in common, such as a language, religion, or interest, and a group of people who connect with each other online for a shared purpose. Derived forms include anticommunity, biocommunity, communitarian, communitarianism, and communitization. Related words include common, commonalty, commonship, and communal.

## Topics
- People & Society

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