What is community?

  • (noun): The body of people in a learned occupation.
    Example: "The news spread rapidly through the medical community"
    Synonyms: profession
    See also — Additional definitions below

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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Some articles on community:

Special Nature of Human Community
... Definitions of community as "organisms inhabiting a common environment and interacting with one another," while scientifically accurate, do not convey the richness, diversity and complexity of human communities ... 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 ...
Yishun - Amenities - Community Centres and Clubs
... Nee Soon East Community Club Nee Soon South Community Centre Chong Pang Community Club Nee Soon Central Community Centre Nee Soon East Toastmasters Club Nee Soon East CC ...
London, Texas - History
... former 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 ...
Qikiqtarjuaq
... big island") (formerly, until 1 November 1998 "Broughton Island"), is a community located on the island of the same name in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of ... shorter 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 ...
Sangha
... 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" ...

More definitions of "community":

  • (noun): Agreement as to goals.
    Example: "The preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests"
    Synonyms: community of interests
  • (noun): (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
    Synonyms: biotic community
  • (noun): A group of nations having common interests.
    Example: "They hoped to join the NATO community"
  • (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): Common ownership.
    Example: "They shared a community of possessions"
  • (noun): A group of people living in a particular local area.
    Example: "The team is drawn from all parts of the community"

Famous quotes containing the word community:

    “It never was in the power of any man or any community to call the arts into being. They come to serve his actual wants, never to please his fancy.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)