- community
- community [kə myo͞o′nə tē]n.pl. communities [ME & OFr communite < L communitas, community, fellowship < communis,COMMON]1.a) all the people living in a particular district, city, etc.b) the district, city, etc. where they live2. a group of people forming a smaller social unit within a larger one, and sharing common interests, work, identity, location, etc. [a college community, the labor community]3. a group of nations loosely or closely associated because of common traditions or for political or economic advantage4. society in general; the public5. ownership or participation in common [community of goods]6. similarity; likeness [community of tastes]7.a) the condition of living with othersb) friendly association; fellowship8. Ecol. BIOCENOSIS
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.