Community
The term community has two distinct commutive meanings: 1) Community usually refers to a larger than a small village that shares common values. The term can also refer to the national community or international community, and, 2) in biology, a community is a group of interacting living organisms sharing a populated environment. A community is a group or society, helping each other.
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... sde) is a word in Pali and Sanskrit meaning "association", "assembly," "company" or "community" and most commonly refers in Buddhism to the monastic community of ordained Buddhist monks or nuns ... This community is traditionally referred to as the bhikkhu-sangha or bhikkhuni-sangha ... Within this community those who have attained a higher level of realisation are referred to as the ariya-sangha or "noble Sangha" ...
... Definitions of community as "organisms inhabiting a common environment and interacting with one another," while scientifically accurate, do not convey the richness, diversity and ... Untidy as it may be, community is vital for humans ... this in the following way "There can be no vulnerability without risk there can be no community without vulnerability there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without ...
... Nee Soon East Community Club Nee Soon South Community Centre Chong Pang Community Club Nee Soon Central Community Centre Nee Soon East Toastmasters Club ...
... than the original 2 and a half days, but it is still meant to promote hope among the community ... The community hosts a two week celebration over the Christmas and New Year period every year ...
... Union Army officer, helped establish the community in the late 1870s or early 1880s ... The community continued to grow and by 1896, the population had grown to approximately 100 ... In the years after World War II, the community again suffered a decline in the number of people and businesses ...
More definitions of "community":
- (noun): A group of nations having common interests.
Example: "They hoped to join the NATO community"
- (noun): A group of people living in a particular local area.
Example: "The team is drawn from all parts of the community"
- (noun): Agreement as to goals.
Example: "The preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests"
Synonyms: community of interests
- (noun): Common ownership.
Example: "They shared a community of possessions"
- (noun): A group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common.
Example: "The Christian community of the apostolic age"; "he was well known throughout the Catholic community"
- (noun): (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
Synonyms: biotic community
- (noun): The body of people in a learned occupation.
Example: "The news spread rapidly through the medical community"
Synonyms: profession
Famous quotes containing the word community:
“The community has no bribe that will tempt a wise man.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Commitment, by its nature, frees us from ourselves and, while it stands us in opposition to some, it joins us with others similarly committed. Commitment moves us from the mirror trap of the self absorbed with the self to the freedom of a community of shared values.”
—Michael Lewis (late 20th century)
“Fortunately art is a community effort—a small but select community living in a spiritualized world endeavoring to interpret the wars and the solitudes of the flesh.”
—Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)