- a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
- a locality inhabited by such a group.
- a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists: the business community;the community of scholars;diversity within a college community;London's Jewish and Muslim communities.
- a group of associated nations sharing common interests or a common heritage: the community of Western Europe.
- a group of men or women leading a common life according to a rule.
- an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area.
- joint possession, enjoyment, liability, etc.: community of property.
- similarity; agreement; identity: community of interests.
- the public; society: the needs of the community.
- the people living in one locality
- the locality in which they live
- (as modifier)
- a group of people having cultural, religious, ethnic, or other characteristics in common
- a group of nations having certain interests in common
- the public in general; society
- common ownership or participation
- similarity or agreement
- (in Wales since 1974 and Scotland since 1975) the smallest unit of local government; a subdivision of a district
- a group of interdependent plants and animals inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other through food and other relationships
