community

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A group of people who live in the same area.

   The whole community came together to help after the flood.

2. 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. 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. 4
   noun

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

   Scientists studied the community of organisms living in the pond.

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.

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