community

community: community com‧mu‧ni‧ty [kəˈmjuːnti] noun communities _PLURALFORM [countable]

1. all the people who live in the same area, city etc:

• The new arts centre will serve the whole community.

2. a group of people who all share the same nationality, religion, or interests:

• Miami's black community

3. COMMERCE business community the companies, businesses, and businesspeople operating in an area:

• Edinburgh's business community

4. COMMERCE ORGANIZATIONS the business community businesspeople acting as a group in order to influence government or public opinion:

• The business community isn't happy with some of the Democratic Party's proposals.

5. the international community all the countries of the world:

• The international community agreed that industrialised countries should allocate 4% of overall foreign aid to population programmes.

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community UK US /kəˈmjuːnəti/ noun [C] (plural communities)

► the people living in a particular area: »We know that 80% of economic growth comes from businesses already located within our communities.
rural/urban community »Banks offer basic banking facilities to people in rural communities.
»This is a restaurant that also provides training for unemployed people from the local community.

► a group of people who have the same interests, religion, etc.: »international financial community
Latino/black/Jewish, etc. community »The US Census shows the Latino community has grown to 35 million.

→ See also BEDROOM COMMUNITY(Cf. ↑bedroom community), BUSINESS COMMUNITY(Cf. ↑business community), THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY(Cf. ↑the international community), ONLINE COMMUNITY(Cf. ↑online community)

● the community — Cf. the community

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Synonyms:

Common or joint possession / Commonwealth, people, public, society, body politic / Association, society, brotherhood, college / Sameness, likeness, identity, similarity, participancy

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