community
community Lexical Profile
community Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A group of people living in the same place or neighborhood, or the district or locality itself considered as a social unit.
"The town council organized a summer festival to bring the local community together."
A body of individuals having a particular characteristic, profession, interest, or identity in common.
"The discovery sparked lively debate across the international scientific community."
A feeling of fellowship, belonging, and mutual support with others, arising from shared attitudes, interests, and goals.
"Moving to a small village gave them a strong sense of community that they had missed in the city."
An interacting assemblage of various species of plants, animals, and microorganisms inhabiting a common environment or habitat.
"A coral reef supports an extraordinarily diverse marine community."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French communite, from Latin communitatem ('fellowship, community of relations or feelings'), derived from communis ('common, public, shared by all').