community

Definition

  • noun: a group of people who live in the same area (such as a city, town, or neighborhood)
  • noun: a unified body of individuals
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: participation, likeness, commonness

Examples

  • The festival was a great way for the local 'community' to get together.

  • The school encourages a sense/feeling of 'community' in its students.

  • People in the 'community' wanted better police protection.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) You mean there was no cameras. Exactly. Now I know, we all understand, that you young people believe in working in the community long-term. Doing the good work to raise black consciousness. It's good grassroots work. I can't tell you how much we admire that. (..)
    2014 Selma
  • (..) If you think of it that way, it's a hard road. But I don't think of it that way. I think of these efforts as one effort. And that one effort is for our life. Our life as a community. Our life as a nation. For our lives. We can do this. We must do this! We see children (..)
    2014 Selma