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.