community (redirected from communities)

com·mu·ni·ty  (k-myn-t)

n. pl. com·mu·ni·ties

1.

a. A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government.

b. The district or locality in which such a group lives.

2.

a. A group of people having common interests: the scientific community; the international business community.

b. A group viewed as forming a distinct segment of society: the gay community; the community of color.

3.

a. Similarity or identity: a community of interests.

b. Sharing, participation, and fellowship.

4. Society as a whole; the public.

5. Ecology

a. A group of plants and animals living and interacting with one another in a specific region under relatively similar environmental conditions.

b. The region occupied by a group of interacting organisms.

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[Middle English communite, citizenry, from Old French, from Latin commnits, fellowship, from commnis, common; see common.]

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community [kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. (Social Science / Human Geography)

a.  the people living in one locality

b.  the locality in which they live

c.  (as modifier) community spirit

2. (Sociology) a group of people having cultural, religious, ethnic, or other characteristics in common the Protestant community

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a group of nations having certain interests in common

4. the public in general; society

5. common ownership or participation

6. similarity or agreement community of interests

7. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Wales since 1974 and Scotland since 1975) the smallest unit of local government; a subdivision of a district

8. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) Ecology a group of interdependent plants and animals inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other through food and other relationships

[from Latin commūnitās, from commūnis common]

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community  (k-myn-t)

A group of organisms or populations living and interacting with one another in a particular environment. The organisms in a community affect each other's abundance, distribution, and evolutionary adaptation. Depending on how broadly one views the interaction between organisms, a community can be small and local, as in a pond or tree, or regional or global, as in a biome.

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Community a body of people living in the same locality or having a common language or interest. See also cluster, combination.

Examples: community of feeling, 1823; of flies; of good, 1645; of interests, 1875; of power, 1561; of studies, 1841; of ulcers, 1541; of wives, 1564.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	community - a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community" assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place parish - a local church community convent - a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together house - the members of a religious community living together Islam Nation, Islamic Ummah, Muslim Ummah, Umma, Ummah - the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan; "moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslims" speech community - people sharing a given language or dialect neighborhood, neighbourhood - people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush" small town, village, settlement - a community of people smaller than a town crossroads, hamlet - a community of people smaller than a village horde - a nomadic community Aleut - a community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut language and inhabit the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska; "the Aleut and the Eskimo are related culturally and linguistically" Circassian - a mostly Sunni Muslim community living in northwestern Caucasia
	2.	community - common ownership; "they shared a community of possessions" ownership - the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others
	3.	community - a group of nations having common interests; "they hoped to join the NATO community" global organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization - an international alliance involving many different countries
	4.	community - agreement as to goals; "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests" community of interests accord, agreement - harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the two parties were in agreement"
	5.	community - a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences residential area, residential district housing development - a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management; "they live in the new housing development" housing estate - a residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes planned community - a residential district that is planned for a certain class of residents uptown - a residential part of town away from the central commercial district suburb, suburban area, suburbia - a residential district located on the outskirts of a city exurbia - a residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia tenement district - a residential district occupied primarily with tenement houses rabbit warren, warren - an overcrowded residential area
	6.	community - (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other biotic community group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit bionomics, environmental science, ecology - the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment biome - a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate

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community

noun

1. society, people, public, association, population, residents, commonwealth, general public, populace, body politic, state, company He's well liked by the local community.

2. district, area, quarter, region, sector, parish, neighbourhood, vicinity, locality, locality, locale, neck of the woods (informal) a black township on the outskirts of the mining community

3. group, set, camp, circle, crowd, category Other organisations come to the festival to show their solidarity for the lesbian and gay community.

Translations

community [kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ]

A. N

1. (= people at large) → comunidad f, sociedad f; (= people locally) → comunidad f
the local community → el vecindario

2. (cultural etc) → comunidad f, colectividad f
the black community → la población negra
the artistic community → el mundillo artístico
the English community in Rome → la colectividad or colonia inglesa de Roma

3. the Community (= EEC) → la Comunidad

B. CPD community care N (Brit) → política f de integración social de enfermos y ancianos
community centre N → centro m social
community charge N (Brit) (Admin) (formerly) → (contribución f de) capitación f
community chest N (US) → fondo m para beneficencia social
community college N (US) establecimiento docente de educación terciaria donde se realizan cursos de dos años
community health centre N → centro m médico comunitario
Community law N → derecho m comunitario
community life N → vida f comunitaria
community policing N política policial de acercamiento a la comunidad
Community policy N (EC) → política f comunitaria
community politics N → política f local
Community regulations NPL → normas fpl comunitarias
community service N → trabajo m comunitario(prestado en lugar de cumplir una pena de prisión)
community singing N → canto m colectivo
community spirit N → sentimiento m de comunidad, civismo m
community worker N → asistente mf social

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community [kəˈmjuːnɪti] n

(people living in a particular area) → communauté f
the local community → la communauté locale

(group of people with something in common) → communauté f
the Jewish community → la communauté juive
the scientific community → la communauté scientifique
the business community → le monde des affaires

(= the public) the community → la communauté
for the good of the community → pour le bien de la communauté, pour le bien commun
community action n → action f locale
community care n (British) (= home care) → service m d'aide à domicile community care programme
community care programme n programme visant à déléguer la responsabilité de l'État aux collectivités locales en matière d'aide sociale
community centre n → foyer m socio-éducatif, centre m socioculturel
community college (US) n → centre de premier cycle)m universitaire >
community health centre n → centre m médicosocial
community leader n → représentant(e) m/f d'une communauté
community policeman n → îlotier m
community policing n → îlotage m
community service n → travaux mpl d'intérêt général, TIG mpl
community spirit n → solidarité f
community worker n → animateur/trice m/f socioculturel(le)
commutation ticket [ˌkɒmjʊˈteɪʃən] n (US) → carte f d'abonnement

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community

n

(= social, cultural etc group) → Gemeinschaft f; (ethnic also) → Bevölkerungsgruppe f; the community at large → das ganze Volk; the great community of nations → die große Völkergemeinschaft; a sense of community → (ein) Gemeinschaftsgefühl nt; to work in the community → im Sozialbereich tätig sein

(= the public) → Allgemeinheit f

(Eccl, of monks, nuns) → (Ordens)gemeinschaft f

(= holding in common) the community of love → die Liebesgemeinschaft; they have no community of interests → sie haben keine gemeinsamen Interessen

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community:

community association

n (Brit) → Bürgerverein m

community care

n (Brit Sociol)

(= home care) → häusliche Pflege

(also community care programme) → kommunales Fürsorgeprogramm

community centre, (US) community center

n → Gemeindezentrum nt

community charge

n (Brit dated) Kopfsteuer zur Finanzierung der Stadt- und Gemeindeverwaltungen

community chest

n (US) → Wohltätigkeits- or Hilfsfonds m

community college

n (US) College zur Berufsausbildung und Vorbereitung auf ein Hochschulstudium

community home

n → Fürsorgeanstalt f

community relations

pl → das Verhältnis zwischen den Bevölkerungsgruppen

community service

n (Jur) → Sozialdienst m

community singing

n → gemeinsames Singen

community spirit

n → Gemeinschaftssinn m

community worker

n → Sozialberufler(in) m(f)

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community [kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ] n (gen) → comunità f inv; (of goods, interests) → comunanza
the Italian community in Glasgow → la comunità italiana a Glasgow
the student community → gli studenti

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community [kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ] n (gen) → comunità f inv; (of goods, interests) → comunanza
the Italian community in Glasgow → la comunità italiana a Glasgow
the student community → gli studenti

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community

n community [kəˈmjuːnəti]

1 a group of people especially having the same religion or nationality and living in the same general area the West Indian community in London. gemeenskap طائِفَه общност obec samfund die Gemeinschaft κοινότητα, παροικία comunidad kogukond جامعه yhteisö communauté קְהִילָה समुदाय, समाज, समूह zajednica közösség masyarakat samfélag comunità 共同体 공동체 bendruomenė, bendrija kopiena; mikrorajons golongan gemeenschap fellesskap; folkegruppe społeczność comunidade comunitate община obec skupnost zajednica koloni, grupp ชุมชน; สังคม toplum, cemaat 社團；社區 община, громада برادری cộng đồng 社团；社区

2 the public in general He did it for the good of the community; (also adjective ) a community worker, a community centre. gemeenskap المُجْتَمَع общество veřejnost, veřejný samfund das Gemeinwesen κοινότητα comunidad, colectividad ühiskond, üldsus اجتماع؛ جامعه yhteisö, yhdyskunta communauté; collectivité קְהִילָה समाज društvo köz(össég) masyarakat almenningur comunità; collettività 社会 일반사회 visuomenė, bendruomenė sabiedrība; sabiedriskais- komuniti gemeenschap samfunn społeczność comunidade comunitate; colectivitate общество spoločenstvo; spoločenský skupnost mesna zajednica det allmänna, samhället เกี่ยวกับสังคม toplum, halk 公眾 суспільство; суспільний معاشرہ cộng đồng 公众

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community → مُجتَمع komunita lokalsamfund Gemeinschaft κοινότητα comunidad yhteisö communauté zajednica comunità 地域社会 공동체 gemeenschap samfunn społeczność comunidade общество samhälle ชุมชน topluluk cộng đồng 社区