community
[ kuh-myoo-ni-tee ]
/ kəˈmyu nɪ ti /
noun, plural com·mu·ni·ties.
Origin of community
synonym study for community
1.
Community,
hamlet,
village,
town,
city are terms for groups of people living in somewhat close association, and usually under common rules.
Community is a general term, and
town is often loosely applied. A commonly accepted set of connotations envisages
hamlet as a small group,
village as a somewhat larger one,
town still larger, and
city as very large. Size is, however, not the true basis of differentiation, but properly sets off only
hamlet. Incorporation, or the absence of it, and the type of government determine the classification of the others.
OTHER WORDS FROM community
com·mu·ni·tal, adjective pro·com·mu·nity, adjectiveWords nearby community
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British Dictionary definitions for community
community
/ (kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ) /
noun plural -ties
Word Origin for community
C14: from Latin
commūnitās, from
commūnis
common
Scientific definitions for community
community
[ kə-myōō′nĭ-tē ]
A group of organisms or populations living and interacting with one another in a particular environment. The organisms in a community affect each other's abundance, distribution, and evolutionary adaptation. Depending on how broadly one views the interaction between organisms, a community can be small and local, as in a pond or tree, or regional or global, as in a biome.