Dictionary
com•mu•ni•ty
Pronunciation: (ku-myOO'ni-tē), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -ties.
1. a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
2. a locality inhabited by such a group.
3. a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists (usually prec. by
the):
the business community; the community of scholars.
4. a group of associated nations sharing common interests or a common heritage:
the community of Western Europe.
5. Eccles.a group of men or women leading a common life according to a rule.
6. Ecol.an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area.
7. joint possession, enjoyment, liability, etc.:
community of property.
8. similar character; agreement; identity:
community of interests.
9. the community,the public; society:
the needs of the community. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
