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Community Definition

community

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English

Etymology

From Old French communité < Classical Latin communitas[1] < commūnis (“common”). Cognates include French communauté.

Pronunciation

Noun

Wikipedia has an article on: Community

Wikipedia community (plural communities)

  1. Group of people sharing a common understanding who reveal themselves by using the same language, manners, tradition and law. (see civilization).
  2. Commune or residential/religious collective.
  3. The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
  4. (ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
  5. (Virtual) A group of people interacting by electronic means for social, professional, educational or other purposes. (see virtual_community).

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References

  1. ^ "community, n." OED Online. July 2009. Oxford University Press <http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50045241>.

 

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