• noun:   (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
• noun:   a group of people living in a particular local area

  Example: "The team is drawn from all parts of the community"

• noun:   a group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common

  Example: "The Christian community of the apostolic age"

• noun:   a group of nations having common interests

  Example: "They hoped to join the NATO community"

• noun:   common ownership

  Example: "They shared a community of possessions"

• noun:   agreement as to goals

  Example: "The preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests"

• noun:   the body of people in a learned occupation

  Example: "The news spread rapidly through the medical community"

• noun:   a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences

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