community meaning and definition

COMMUNITY noun

Definition of community (noun)

1. a group of people living in a particular local area
   • "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"
2. common ownership
   • "they shared a community of possessions"
3. a group of nations having common interests
   • "they hoped to join the NATO community"
4. agreement as to goals
   • "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests"
   • synonyms: community of interests
5. a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
   • synonyms: residential area, residential district
6. (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
   • synonyms: biotic community