community
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From Old French communité, from Classical Latin communitas[1], from commūnis (“common”). Cognates include French communauté.
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Wikipedia community (plural communities)
- Group of people sharing a common understanding who reveal themselves by using the same language, manners, tradition and law. (see civilization).
- Commune or residential/religious collective.
- The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
- (ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
- (Virtual) A group of people interacting by electronic means for social, professional, educational or other purposes. (see virtual_community).
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group of people sharing a common understanding
commune or residential/religious collective
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condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common
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ecology: group of interdependent organisms
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[edit] References
- ^ "community, n." OED Online. July 2009. Oxford University Press <http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50045241>.
- community in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- community in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- community at OneLook Dictionary Search
