com.mu.ni.ty

[kuh-myoo-ni-tee] -noun, plural -ties.
1. a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
2. a locality inhabited by such a group.
3. a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists (usually prec. by the):

the business community; the community of scholars.

4. a group of associated nations sharing common interests or a common heritage:

the community of Western Europe.

5. Ecclesiastical. a group of men or women leading a common life according to a rule.
6. Ecology. an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area.
7. joint possession, enjoyment, liability, etc.:

community of property.

8. similar character; agreement; identity:

community of interests.

9. the community, the public; society:

the needs of the community.