community

adj 1: affecting the people or community as a whole; "community

leaders"; "community interests"; "the public welfare"

[syn: {community(a)}, {public}]

2: belonging to and maintained by and for the local community;

"community parks"

n 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 ethnic or cultural or religious

characteristics in common; "the Christian community of the

apostolic age"; "he was well known throughout the Catholic

community"

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" [syn: {community

of interests}]

6: the body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread

rapidly through the medical community" [syn: {profession}]

7: a district where people live; occupied primarily by private

residences [syn: {residential district}, {residential area}]