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1. A group of people living in a particular local area
   "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"
    
2. A group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common
   "he was well known throughout the Catholic community"; "the news spread rapidly through the medical community"; "they formed a community of scientists"
    
3. Common ownership
   "they shared a community of possessions"
    
4. A group of nations having common interests
   "they hoped to join the NATO community"
    
5. Agreement as to goals
   "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests";
   - community of interests
    
6. A district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
   - residential district, residential area
    
7. (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
   - biotic community

Derived forms: communities

Type of: accord, agreement, assemblage, concert, district, dominion, gathering, global organisation [Brit], global organization, group, grouping, international organisation [Brit], international organization, ownership, people, property, territorial dominion, territory, world organisation [Brit], world organization

Encyclopedia: Community