community

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈmjuːnɪ.ti/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /kəˈmjʉwnɪtɪj/ (General American, Canada) enPR: kə-myo͞oʹnə-ti, IPA(key): /k(ə)ˈmju.nə.ti/, [k(ə)ˈmju.nə.ɾi] (General Australian) IPA(key): /kəˈmjʉːnɪ.ti/, [kəˈmjʉː.nɪ.ɾi] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kəˈmjʉːnə.ti/, [kəˈmjʉːnə.ɾi] (Scotland) IPA(key): /kəˈmjʉ.nɪ.te/, /-tɪ/, /-ti/ Hyphenation: com‧mun‧i‧ty === Noun === community (countable and uncountable, plural communities) (countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition. (countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune. (countable, ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other. (countable, Internet) A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community. (uncountable) The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common. (uncountable) A feeling of togetherness or connectedness, common identity or of possessing a similar outlook, perspective and purpose with some group of people. (countable, obsolete) Common enjoyment or possession; participation. (uncountable, obsolete) Common character; likeness. (uncountable, obsolete) Commonness; frequency. (Wales, countable) A local area within a county or county borough which is the lowest tier of local government, usually represented by a community council or town council, which is generally equivalent to a civil parish in England. ==== Alternative forms ==== communitie (obsolete) ==== Antonyms ==== anticommunity noncommunity ==== Hyponyms ==== subcommunity ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “community”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. community in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. Raymond Williams (1983), “Community”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 75. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “community”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Further reading === community on Wikipedia.Wikipedia community (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Community (Wales) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English community. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔˈmjunɪti/ Hyphenation: com‧mu‧ni‧ty === Noun === community f or m (plural community's, no diminutive) community, particularly a virtual community or a group of people sharing common interests ==== Synonyms ==== gemeenschap