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

  • (..) to do about it. Well, sir, in the Harvard Student Handbook, which is distributed to each freshman, under the heading "Standards of Conduct in the Harvard Community," it says the college expects all students to be honest and forthcoming in their dealings with members in this community. (..)
    2010 The Social Network