community

community
com|mu|ni|ty [ kə`mjunəti ] noun ***
▸ 1 people living in area
▸ 2 society in general
▸ 3 animals living in area
▸ 4 feeling part of group
▸ 5 European Union
▸ + PHRASES
1. ) count the people who live in an area:
I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the community.
small rural communities that rely on agriculture
close-knit/tightly knit community (=where everyone knows each other): Rock Creek is a close-knit community of several hundred people.
the wider community (=the community of which a small group is a part): links between the university and the wider community
a ) only before noun relating to a community or to the people in it:
community affairs
The group visited various community projects in the city.
b ) a group of people in a larger society who are the same in some way:
areas where there are large Jewish communities
c ) a group of people who live together in the same place, often people who keep themselves separate from society:
a community of monks
2. ) the community society in general:
Patients who have received this treatment do well when they return to the community.
3. ) count a group of animals that live in the same place
4. ) uncount the feeling that you belong to a group and that this is a good thing:
People feel sad about the loss of community.
sense of community: One of the major goals is to develop a sense of community.
5. ) the Community BRITISH OLD-FASHIONED the EUROPEAN UNION
the international community
all of the countries of the world, considered as a group:
She urged the international community to continue to put pressure on the government.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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