1. Noun
Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.
2. Noun
A body of people having common rights, privileges, or interests, or living in the same place under the same laws and regulations; as, a community of monks. Hence a number of animals living in a common home or with some apparent association of interests.
3. Noun
Society at large; a commonwealth or state; a body politic; the public, or people in general.
4. Noun
Common character; likeness.
5. Noun
Commonness; frequency.
6. Noun
A group of interacting organisms of different species living in the same area
7. Noun
a group of nations having common interests; "they hoped to join the NATO community"
Vocabulary classified under Law
8. Noun
common ownership; "they shared a community of possessions"
Vocabulary classified under Law
9. Noun
(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
Vocabulary classified under Biology
10. Noun
agreement as to goals; "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests"
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
11. Noun
a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common; "he was well known throughout the Catholic community"; "the news spread rapidly through the medical community"; "they formed a community of scientists"
Vocabulary classified under Sociology
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