Community

A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as norms, religion, values, customs, or identity.Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. A country, village, town, or neighbourhood) or in virtual space through communication platforms. Durable relations that extend beyond immediate genealogical ties also define a sense of. Our community is a hive of activity and here 24/7, 365 days a year. If you're unable to find an answer, join and post your question to one of our thousands of active members day or night.

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com·mu·ni·ty

(kə-myo͞o′nĭ-tē)n.pl.com·mu·ni·ties1.

a. A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government.

b. The district or locality in which such a group lives.

a. A group of people having common interests: the scientific community; the international business community.

b. A group viewed as forming a distinct segment of society: the gay community; the community of color.

a. Similarity or identity: a community of interests.

b. Sharing, participation, and fellowship: a sense of community.

a. A group of organisms interacting with one another and with the environment in a specific region.

b. The region occupied by a group of interacting organisms.

[Middle English communite, citizenry, from Old French, from Latin commūnitās, fellowship, from commūnis, common; see common.]

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community

(kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ) n, pl-ties1. (Human Geography)

b. the locality in which they live

2. (Sociology) a group of people having cultural, religious, ethnic, or other characteristics in common: the Protestant community.

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a group of nations having certain interests in common

5. common ownership or participation

6. similarity or agreement: community of interests.

7. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Wales since 1974 and Scotland since 1975) the smallest unit of local government; a subdivision of a district

8. (Environmental Science) ecology a group of interdependent plants and animals inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other through food and other relationships

[C14: from Latin commūnitās, from commūnis common]

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com•mu•ni•ty

(kəˈmyu nɪ ti)
n., pl. -ties.

1. a group of people who reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.

3. a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests: the business community.

5. a group of associated nations sharing common interests or heritage: the Western European community.

6. an assemblage of interacting plant and animal populations occupying a given area.

7. joint possession, enjoyment, liability, etc.: community of property.

8. similar character; agreement: community of interests.

[1325–75; comunete < Middle French < Latin commūnitās <commūni(s)common]

com·mu·ni·ty

(kə-myo͞o′nĭ-tē)

A group of plants and animals living and interacting with one another in a particular place. A community can be small and local, as in a pond or city park, or it can be regional or global, as in a rain forest or the ocean.

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community

- It can refer to group of animals or plants living together and was first used to refer to a 'body of commons' or a social or political entity.

Community

a body of people living in the same locality or having a common language or interest. See also cluster, combination.

Examples: community of feeling, 1823; of flies; of good, 1645; of interests, 1875; of power, 1561; of studies, 1841; of ulcers, 1541; of wives, 1564.

Noun	1.	community - a group of people living in a particular local area; 'the team is drawn from all parts of the community' assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place convent - a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together house - the members of a religious community living together Islam Nation, Islamic Ummah, Muslim Ummah, Umma, Ummah - the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan; 'moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslims' speech community - people sharing a given language or dialect neighborhood, neighbourhood - people living near one another; 'it is a friendly neighborhood'; 'my neighborhood voted for Bush' small town, village, settlement - a community of people smaller than a town crossroads, hamlet - a community of people smaller than a village Aleut - a community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut language and inhabit the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska; 'the Aleut and the Eskimo are related culturally and linguistically' Circassian - a mostly Sunni Muslim community living in northwestern Caucasia
2.	community - common ownership; 'they shared a community of possessions' ownership - the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others
3.	community - a group of nations having common interests; 'they hoped to join the NATO community' global organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization - an international alliance involving many different countries
4.	community - agreement as to goals; 'the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests' accord, agreement - harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; 'the two parties were in agreement'
5.	community - a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences housing development - a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management; 'they live in the new housing development' housing estate - a residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes planned community - a residential district that is planned for a certain class of residents uptown - a residential part of town away from the central commercial district suburb, suburban area, suburbia - a residential district located on the outskirts of a city exurbia - a residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia tenement district - a residential district occupied primarily with tenement houses rabbit warren, warren - an overcrowded residential area
6.	community - (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit bionomics, environmental science, ecology - the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment biome - a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate

community

noun

1.society, people, public, association, population, residents, commonwealth, general public, populace, body politic, state, companyHe's well liked by the local community.

2.district, area, quarter, region, sector, parish, neighbourhood, vicinity, locality, locality, locale, neck of the woods(informal)a black township on the outskirts of the mining community

3.group, set, camp, circle, crowd, categoryOther organisations come to the festival to show their solidarity for the lesbian and gay community.

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community

noun

Persons as an organized body:

komunitaobecspolečenstvíveřejnostveřejný

almenningursamfélag

공동체

bendrijabendruomenėvisuomenė

comunitate

skupnostkomuna

ชุมชน

cộng đồng

community

[kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ]A.N

1. (= people at large) → comunidadf, sociedadf; (= people locally) → comunidadf
the local community → el vecindario

2. (cultural etc) → comunidadf, colectividadf
the black community → la poblaciónnegra
the artistic community → el mundilloartístico
the English community in Rome → la colectividadorcoloniainglesa de Roma

B.CPDcommunity careN (Brit) → políticaf de integraciónsocial de enfermos y ancianos
community centreN → centromsocial
community chargeN (Brit) (Admin) (formerly) → (contribución f de) capitación f
community chestN (US) → fondom para beneficenciasocial
community collegeN (US) establecimiento docente de educación terciaria donde se realizan cursos de dos años
community health centreN → centrommédicocomunitario
Community lawN → derechomcomunitario
community lifeN → vidafcomunitaria
community policingNpolítica policial de acercamiento a la comunidad
Community policyN (EC) → políticafcomunitaria
community politicsN → políticaflocal
Community regulationsNPL → normasfplcomunitarias
community serviceN → trabajomcomunitario (prestado en lugar de cumplir una pena de prisión)
community singingN → cantomcolectivo
community spiritN → sentimientom de comunidad, civismom
community workerN → asistentemfsocial

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community

[kəˈmjuːnɪti]n

(people living in a particular area) → communautéf
the local community → la communautélocale

(group of people with something in common) → communautéf
the Jewish community → la communautéjuive
the scientific community → la communautéscientifique
the business community → le monde des affaires

(= the public) the community → la communauté
for the good of the community → pour le bien de lacommunauté, pour le bien communcommunity action n → actionflocalecommunity care n(British) (= home care) → servicem d'aide à domicilecommunity care programmecommunity care programme nprogramme visant à déléguer la responsabilité de l'État aux collectivités locales en matière d'aide socialecommunity centre n → foyermsocio-éducatif, centremsocioculturelcommunity college (US)n → centremuniversitaire (de premier cycle)community health centre n → centremmédicosocialcommunity leader n → représentant(e) m/f d'une communautécommunity policeman n → îlotiermcommunity policing n → îlotagemcommunity service n → travauxmpl d'intérêt général, TIGmplcommunity spirit n → solidaritéfcommunity worker n → animateur/trice m/fsocioculturel(le)commutation ticket [ˌkɒmjʊˈteɪʃən]n(US) → cartefd'abonnement

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community

Community Bank

(= social, cultural etc group) → Gemeinschaftf; (ethnic also) → Bevölkerungsgruppef; the community at large → ; the great community of nations → die großeVölkergemeinschaft; a sense of community → (ein) Gemeinschaftsgefühlnt; to work in the community → im Sozialbereich tätig sein

(Eccl, of monks, nuns) → (Ordens)gemeinschaftf

(= holding in common)the community of love → die Liebesgemeinschaft; they have no community of interests → sie haben keine gemeinsamenInteressen

community

community association

community caren (Brit Sociol)

(also community care programme) → kommunales Fürsorgeprogramm

community centre, (US) community center

Community Bank

community charge

n (Brit dated) Kopfsteuer zur Finanzierung der Stadt- und Gemeindeverwaltungen

community chest

community college

n (US) College zur Berufsausbildung und Vorbereitung auf ein Hochschulstudium

community home

community relations

pl → das Verhältnis zwischen den Bevölkerungsgruppen

community service

community singing

community spirit

community worker

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community

[kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ]n

Community Trust Bank

(gen) → comunitàf inv; (of goods, interests) → comunanza
the Italian community in Glasgow → la comunitàitaliana a Glasgow
the student community → gli studenti

community

(kəˈmjuːnəti) – plural comˈmunities – noun

Community Cast

1. a group of people especially having the same religion or nationality and living in the same general area. the West Indian community in London. gemeenskap طائِفَه общност comunidade obec die Gemeinschaft samfund κοινότητα, παροικίαcomunidad kogukond جامعه yhteisö communautéקהילה समुदाय, समाज, समूह zajednica közösség masyarakat samfélag comunità 共同体 공동체 bendruomenė, bendrija kopiena; mikrorajons golongan gemeenschapfellesskap; folkegruppespołeczność ټولنه، هغه ټولنه چه په يوه ځاى كې سره او سى رسم ورواج او خوى يي سره ورته وى، خلك، ډله: ګډ مالكيت comunidade comunitate община obec skupnost zajednica koloni, grupp ชุมชน; สังคม toplum, cemaat 社團，社區 община, громада برادری cộng đồng 社团，社区

2. the public in general. He did it for the good of the community; (also adjective) a community worker, a community centre. gemeenskap المُجْتَمَع общество comunidade veřejnost, veřejný das Gemeinwesen samfund κοινότηταcomunidad, colectividad ühiskond, üldsus اجتماع؛ جامعه yhdyskunta communauté; collectivitéקהילה समाज društvo köz(össég) masyarakat almenningur comunità; collettività 社会 일반사회 visuomenė, bendruomenė sabiedrība; sabiedriskais- komuniti gemeenschapsamfunnspołeczność ټولنه comunidade comunitate; colectivitate общество spoločenstvo; spoločenský skupnost mesna zajednica det allmänna, samhället เกี่ยวกับสังคม toplum, halk 公眾 суспільство; суспільний معاشرہ cộng đồng 公众

community

→ مُجْتَمَع komunita lokalsamfundGemeinschaftκοινότηταcomunidad yhteisöcommunauté zajednicacomunità 地域社会 공동체gemeenschapsamfunnspołecznośćcomunidadeобщество samhälle ชุมชนtopluluk cộng đồng社区

com·mu·ni·ty

n. comunidad, sociedad, barrio;

___ health center → centro de servicio de la salud;

Community Synonym

community

Community Cast

adj comunitario; — involvement participación comunitaria; n (pl-ties) comunidad f; community-acquired adquirido en la comunidad

Community College

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Frankfurt, Hesse

If Europe has an equivalent of Silicon Valley, it lies in a region with Frankfurt as its heart. About 5,000 software firms there – including SAP, Symantec, IHK Darmstadt Infosys and Software AG – employ 25,000 people and generate 1 billion Euros in annual turnover. Frankfurt is home to DE-CIX, Germany's highest capacity Internet hub, which handles 35% of all European Internet traffic. As the largest city in the Hessen region, Frankfurt is also a premier financial center with 300 banks, including Europe's Central Bank, and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, home of the DAX. It functions as Europe's leading air and rail center as well, and provides security clearance for all air cargo entering Europe. Yet the city is rated among the top five in the world for livability, thanks for a mix of developed and wooded land, two winegrowing areas, numerous spas and a national park. Maintaining this balance of livability and growth in an increasingly competitive global market is the challenge to which the leaders of Frankfurt must respond.

Population: 655,000

Websites:www.frankfurt.de, www.hessenagentur.de

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