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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarycom·mu·ni·ty \kə-ˈmyü-nə-tē\ noun (plural -ties) USAGE often attributive ETYMOLOGY Middle English comunete, from Anglo-French communité, from Latin communitat-, communitas, from communis DATE 14th century1. a unified body of individuals: as a. state, commonwealth b. the people with common interests living in a particular area; broadly : the area itself the problems of a large community c. an interacting population of various kinds of individuals (as species) in a common location d. a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society a community of retired persons e. a group linked by a common policy f. a body of persons or nations having a common history or common social, economic, and political interests the international community g. a body of persons of common and especially professional interests scattered through a larger society the academic community2. society at large3. a. joint ownership or participation community of goods b. common character : likeness community of interests c. social activity : fellowship d. a social state or conditionEnglish Etymologycommunity late 14c., from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. communité, from L. communitatem (nom.communitas) "community, fellowship," from communis "common, public, general, shared by all or many," (see common). L.communitatem "was merely a noun of quality ... meaning 'fellowship, community of relations or feelings,' but in med.L. it was, like universitas, used concretely in the sense of 'a body of fellows or fellow-townsmen' " [OED]. An O.E. word for "community" was gemænscipe "community, fellowship, union, common ownership," probably composed from the same PIE roots as communis. Community service as a criminal sentence is recorded from 1972, Amer.Eng. Community college is recorded from 1959.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ communitycom·mu·nity / kE5mju:nEti / noun(pl. -ies)1. [sing.] all the people who live in a particular area, country, etc. when talked about as a group 社区；社会: The local community was shocked by the murders. 当地社会对这些谋杀案感到震惊。 health workers based in the community (= working with people in a local area) 以社区为基地的保健工作人员 the international community (= the countries of the world as a group) 国际社会 good community relations with the police 社区与警方之间的良好关系 (NAmE) community parks / libraries (= paid for by the local town / city) 社区公园/图书馆 2. [C + sing. / pl. v.] a group of people who share the same religion, race, job, etc. 团体；社团；界: the Polish community in London 在伦敦的波兰侨民团体 ethnic communities 种族团体 the farming community 农业界 3. [U] the feeling of sharing things and belonging to a group in the place where you live 共享；共有: There is a strong sense of community in this town. 这个镇上有一种强烈的社区意识。 community spirit 团体精神 4. [C] (biology 生) a group of plants and animals growing or living in the same place or environment (动植物的)群落Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishcommunity noun ADJ. large, small | close, close-knit, tight-knit a close-knit fishing community | lively, thriving, vibrant | international, local | wider the concerns of the local and wider community | ethnic, immigrant, minority, religious | Asian, black, etc. the Asian community in Britain | Christian, Muslim, etc. | farming, mining, etc. | rural, village | academic, business, gay, scientific COMMUNITY + NOUN care, centre, college, service, work | action, relations | group, leader | spirit PREP. in/within a/the ~ divisions within the scientific community PHRASES the community as a whole/at large a cultural programme that should benefit the community at large | a member of the community, part of a community, a pillar of the community (= a strong supporter of the community), a sense of community There is a strong sense of community in this town. OLTcommunity noun⇨ community (the local community)⇨ culture (the city's Asian community)Webster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: arms of community , or speech community , or community antenna television , or community fund , or community center , or community chest , or community church , or community college , or community house , or community organization , or community property , or community school , or community singing , or community trust , or community-widecom·mu·ni·ty\kəˈmyünəd.ē, -ətē, -i\ noun(-es)Etymology: Middle English comunete, from Middle French communité, comuneté, from Latin communitat-, communitas, from communis common + -itat-, -itas -ity1. : a body of individuals organized into a unit or manifesting usually with awareness some unifying trait: a. : state, commonwealth b. : the people living in a particular place or region and usually linked by common interests; broadly : the region itself : any population cluster < small, compact, homogeneous communities such as the Greek city-state or Elizabethan England — C.D.Lewis > c. : a monastic body or other unified religious group d. : an interacting population of different kinds of individuals (as species) constituting a society or association or simply an aggregation of mutually related individuals in a given location < a climax community > e. : a group of people marked by a common characteristic but living within a larger society that does not share that characteristic < the Chinese community in New York > < the artists' community downtown > < the Jewish community in London > especially : such a group politically organized and recognized especially as a separate voting group for election purposes < Sikh and Muslim communities in India > f. : a group sharing a particular economic or social belief and living communally g. : any group sharing interests or pursuits < a community of scholars > : a group linked by a common policy < a tariff community of small nations > h. : a body of persons or nations united by historical consciousness or by common social, economic, and political interests < the entire Christian community > < the European coal and steel community >2. : society at large : public : people in general — used with the definite article < the interests of the community >3. a. : common or joint ownership, tenure, experience, or pertinence : commonness, sharing, participation < asserts that community of goods would be the ideal institution — G.L.Dickinson > < out of the atmosphere of controversy to the community of our love again — Mary Austin > < the essential community of interests shared by all branches of learning — G.W.Cottrell > b. : common character : fact of showing a trait or various traits in common : agreement, concord, likeness < although there are varieties, the community of style is still more evident — O. Elfrida Saunders > c. : shared activity : social intercourse : fellowship, communion; especially : social activity marked by a feeling of unity but also individual participation completely willing and not forced or coerced and without loss of individuality < in order that there may be a community, there must be conscious and purposive sharing — Ernest Barker > d. obsolete : frequent occurrence e. : a social or societal state < emerging from feral isolation into community >4. : a civil-law partnership or society of property between husband and wife arising by virtue of the fact of marriage or by contract

Community A Or Common Group Community Of Interests