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comГ‚В·muГ‚В·niГ‚В·ty В
В Audio Help В В /kГ‰В™Г‹В€myu nГ‰ВЄ ti / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [k uh -myoo -ni-tee ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation ГўВЂВ“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.

[Origin: 1325ГўВЂВ“75; commГ…В«nitГ„ВЃs, equiv. to commГ…В«ni (s ) common + -tГ„ВЃs -ty 2; r. ME comunete ] ГўВЂВ”Related forms comГ‚В·muГ‚В·niГ‚В·tal, adjective ГўВЂВ”Synonyms 1 . Community, hamlet, village, town, city are terms for groups of people living in somewhat close association, and usually under common rules. Community is a general term, and town is often loosely applied. A commonly accepted set of connotations envisages hamlet as a small group, village as a somewhat larger one, town still larger, and city as very large. Size is, however, not the true basis of differentiation, but properly sets off only hamlet. Incorporation, or the absence of it, and the type of government determine the classification of the others. 8 . similarity, likeness.

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comГ‚В·muГ‚В·niГ‚В·ty В
В Audio Help В В (kГ‰В™-myГ…ВЌГ…ВЌ'nГ„В-tГ„В“) В Pronunciation Key В

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pl. comГ‚В·muГ‚В·niГ‚В·ties

A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government.
The district or locality in which such a group lives.
A group of people having common interests: the scientific community; the international business community.
A group viewed as forming a distinct segment of society: the gay community; the community of color.
Similarity or identity: a community of interests.
Sharing, participation, and fellowship.
A group of plants and animals living and interacting with one another in a specific region under relatively similar environmental conditions.
The region occupied by a group of interacting organisms.

A group of people having common interests: the scientific community; the international business community.
A group viewed as forming a distinct segment of society: the gay community; the community of color.
Similarity or identity: a community of interests.
Sharing, participation, and fellowship.
A group of plants and animals living and interacting with one another in a specific region under relatively similar environmental conditions.
The region occupied by a group of interacting organisms.

Similarity or identity: a community of interests.
Sharing, participation, and fellowship.
A group of plants and animals living and interacting with one another in a specific region under relatively similar environmental conditions.
The region occupied by a group of interacting organisms.

Society as a whole; the public.
Ecology A group of plants and animals living and interacting with one another in a specific region under relatively similar environmental conditions.
The region occupied by a group of interacting organisms.

[Middle English communite , citizenry , from Old French, from Latin commГ…В«nitГ„ВЃs , fellowship , from commГ…В«nis , common ; see common .]

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1375, from O.Fr. communitГѓВ©, from L. communitatem (nom. communitas ) "community, fellowship," from communis "common, public, general, shared by all or many," (see common ). L. communitatem "was merely a noun of quality ... meaning 'fellowship, community of relations or feelings,' but in med.L. it was, like universitas , used concretely in the sense of 'a body of fellows or fellow-townsmen' " [OED]. An O.E. word for "community" was gemГѓВ¦nscipe "community, fellowship, union, common ownership," probably composed from the same PIE roots as communis .

Online Etymology Dictionary, В© 2001 Douglas Harper

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

WordNetВ® 3.0, В© 2006 by Princeton University.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
community 1 [kГ‰В™Г‹В€mjuГ‹ВђnГ‰В™ti] noun вЂ” plural comГ‹В€munities
a group of people especially having the same religion or nationality and living in the same general area Example: the West Indian community in London

Arabic: ГВ·ГВ§ГВ¦Г™ВђГ™ВЃГ™ВЋГ™В‡
Chinese (Simplified): Г§В¤ВѕГҐВ›ВўГЇВјВ›Г§В¤ВѕГҐВЊВє
Chinese (Traditional): Г§В¤ВѕГҐВњВГЇВјВ›Г§В¤ВѕГҐВЌВЂ
Czech: obec
Danish: samfund
Dutch: gemeenschap
Estonian: kogukond
Finnish: yhteisГѓВ¶
French: communautГѓВ©
German: die Gemeinschaft
Greek: ГЋВєГЋВїГЋВ№ГЋВЅГЏВЊГЏВ„ГЋВ·ГЏВ„ГЋВ±, ГЏВЂГЋВ±ГЏВЃГЋВїГЋВ№ГЋВєГЋВЇГЋВ±
Hungarian: kГѓВ¶zГѓВ¶ssГѓВ©g
Icelandic: samfГѓВ©lag
Indonesian: masyarakat
Italian: comunitГѓВ

Japanese: ГҐВ…В±ГҐВђВЊГ¤ВЅВ“
Latvian: kopiena; mikrorajons
Lithuanian: bendruomenГ„В—, bendrija
Norwegian: fellesskap; folkegruppe
Polish: spoГ…В‚ecznoГ…В›Г„В‡
Portuguese (Brazil): comunidade
Portuguese (Portugal): comunidade
Romanian: comunitate
Russian: ГђВѕГђВ±Г‘В‰ГђВёГђВЅГђВ°
Slovak: obec
Slovenian: skupnost
Spanish: comunidad
Swedish: koloni, grupp
Turkish: toplum, cemaat

community 2 [kГ‰В™Г‹В€mjuГ‹ВђnГ‰В™ti] noun
the public in general Example: He did it for the good of the community; (also adjective) a community worker, a community centre

Arabic: ГВ§Г™В„Г™В…Г™ВЏГВ¬Г™В’ГВЄГ™ВЋГ™В…Г™ВЋГВ№
Chinese (Simplified): ГҐВ…В¬Г¤ВјВ—
Chinese (Traditional): ГҐВ…В¬Г§ВњВѕ
Czech: veГ…В™ejnost, veГ…В™ejnГѓВЅ
Danish: samfund
Dutch: gemeenschap
Estonian: ГѓВјhiskond, ГѓВјldsus
Finnish: yhteisГѓВ¶, yhdyskunta
French: communautГѓВ©; collectivitГѓВ©
German: das Gemeinwesen
Greek: ГЋВєГЋВїГЋВ№ГЋВЅГЏВЊГЏВ„ГЋВ·ГЏВ„ГЋВ±
Hungarian: kГѓВ¶z(ГѓВ¶ssГѓВ©g)
Icelandic: almenningur
Indonesian: masyarakat
Italian: comunitГѓВ ; collettivitГѓВ

Japanese: Г§В¤ВѕГ¤ВјВљ
Latvian: sabiedrГ„В«ba; sabiedriskais-
Lithuanian: visuomenГ„В—, bendruomenГ„В—
Norwegian: samfunn
Polish: spoГ…В‚ecznoГ…В›Г„В‡
Portuguese (Brazil): comunidade, coletividade
Portuguese (Portugal): comunidade
Romanian: comunitate; colectivitate
Russian: ГђВѕГђВ±Г‘В‰ГђВµГ‘ВЃГ‘В‚ГђВІГђВѕ
Slovak: spoloГ„ВЌenstvo; spoloГ„ВЌenskГѓВЅ
Slovenian: skupnost
Spanish: comunidad, colectividad
Swedish: det allmГѓВ¤nna, samhГѓВ¤llet
Turkish: toplum, halk

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, В© 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.

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В Audio Help В В (kГ‰В™-my 'nГ„В-tГ„В“) В Pronunciation Key В

A group of organisms or populations living and interacting with one another in a particular environment. The organisms in a community affect each other's abundance, distribution, and evolutionary adaptation. Depending on how broadly one views the interaction between organisms, a community can be small and local, as in a pond or tree, or regional or global, as in a biome.

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Main Entry: comВ·muВ·niВ·ty Pronunciation: k&-'myГј-n&t-E Function: noun Inflected Form: plural -ties : a
unified body of individuals: as a : the people with common interests living in a particular area; broadly : the area itself community > b : an interacting population of various kinds of individuals (as species) in a common location c : a group of people with a common characteristic
or interest living together within a larger society

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, В© 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: comВ·muВ·niВ·ty Function: noun Inflected Form: plural -ties 1 : the people who live in a particular place or region
and usually are linked by some common interests 2 a : the mass of community property owned by a husband and wife interest in the community or in particular things of the community вЂ” Louisiana Civil Code > b : the entity created upon the marriage of a husband and wife for
the purposes of ownership of property in community property states вЂ”see also community property at PROPERTY , REGIME

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, В© 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

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Community, VA Zip code(s): 22306
Nespelem Community, WA (CDP, FIPS 48550) Location: 48.16712 N, 119.01909 W Population (1990): 291 (89 housing units) Area: 59.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Nisqually Indian Community, WA (CDP, FIPS 49193) Location: 47.00585 N, 122.66983 W Population (1990): 558 (162 housing units) Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Community Com*mu"ni*ty\, n.; pl. Communities . [L. communitas: cf. OF. communit['e]. Cf. Commonalty , and see Common .] 1. Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods. The original community of all things. --Locke. An unreserved community of thought and feeling. --W. Irving. 2. A body of people having common rights, privileges, or interests, or living in the same place under the same laws and regulations; as, a community of monks. Hence a number of animals living in a common home or with some apparent association of interests. Creatures that in communities exist. --Wordsworth. 3. Society at large; a commonwealth or state; a body politic; the public, or people in general. Burdens upon the poorer classes of the community. --Hallam. Note: In this sense, the term should be used with the definite article; as, the interests of the community. 4. Common character; likeness. [R.] The essential community of nature between organic growth and inorganic growth. --H. Spencer. 5. Commonness; frequency. [Obs.] Eyes . . . sick and blunted with community. --Shak.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, В© 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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In biological terms, a 'community' is a group of interacting organisms sharing
an environment. In human communities, intent, belief, resources, preferences,
needs, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common,
affecting the identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness. In
sociology, the concept of community has caused infinite debate, and sociologists
are yet to reach agreement on a definition of the term. Indeed, one can find 94
discrete definitions of the term even as early as mid-1950s. Traditionally a
"community" has been defined as a group of interacting people living in a common
location. The word is often used to refer to a group that is organised around
common values and social cohesion within a shared geographical location,
generally in social units larger than a household. Wider meanings of the word
can refer to the national community or global community. Communis comes from a
combination of the Latin prefix com- (which means "together") and the word munis
probably originally derived from the Etruscan word munis- (meaning "to have the
charge of").Etruscan Etymological Glossary
[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/4060/dictionnaire_etrusque.htm]
Since the advent of the Internet the concept of community no longer has
geographical limitations. People can now virtually gather in an online community
around common interests no matter their physical location.

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The soaring rhetoric from presidential candidates has been about the concept of change - and the electorate is energized by the buzzword. But is the idea of change really so new? In 1944, the Republican governor of New York, Thomas E. Dewey, ran for President against three-term incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt on the slogan "It's time for a change." Although not using the specific word, John F. Kennedy, in 1960, promised change with "Let's get America moving again." In the 1980's, Ronald Reagan emphasized the importance and challenge of individual citizens initiating action, saying, "All great change in America begins at the dinner table." In his 1989 farewell address, looking back on his years in office, Reagan said, "We meant to change a Nation, and instead we changed a world." In 1992, one of Bill Clinton's themes was "Don't stop thinking about tomorrow" and he used the word change 10 times in his nomination speech.

Our concern here about being agents of change is more personal and aimed at you, members of the Sandwich Generation. Have your growing children moved out, leaving a void in your life that begs to be filled? Are there significant changes going on with your aging parents that affect you directly and often? Or are you in the midst of a mid-life transition yourself and uncertain about how or in what direction to navigate?

You have no real choice but to let go of the past when change is outside of your control or inevitable. And much more important than what happens to you is how you handle the situation. Regardless of the specific issues you are presently facing - personally or with your family in flux - use some of the following tips to help guide your way:

1.It is often said that history is prologue. As you look back in review, how have you dealt with other major changes in your life? Think about what has worked in the past. Take the specific strategies that you learned from those experiences and, once again, apply the most effective ones.

2.Look at the many ways you can continue to build on your internal and external assets at this time. Evaluate your basic character strengths and how they have benefited you in other circumstances. Are you fiercely curious and determined to find a solution, no matter what? Discover the community resources, such as caregiver programs or support groups, that will help in your decision making process.

3.Set some long-range goals about what you want to accomplish, as well as short-term objectives that will help you get there. These concrete plans provide the basic foundation and parameters for change. As you successfully move forward step by step, your self-confidence will grow. This, plus incremental ongoing actions and a positive attitude, will motivate you to stay on track and ultimately reach your goals.

4.Recognize the importance of support. Discussions with friends and family can clarify your needs as you work through this process of change. In addition, getting a second and objective opinion - from, for example, a family therapist, gerontologist or life coach - will provide you with further insight, direction and encouragement.

5.Remember to relax and have fun as you bring balance to what is a challenging or difficult situation. Have an open mind and be creative. Invite your family into the process. Research data shows that people are more committed to the outcome of a situation when they are actively involved in the course of action.

In the midst of this hotly contested political campaign, all of the candidates seem to have now joined the change bandwagon. Talk is easy, but actually making change is much more complicated - and when serving the public good, it's essential to also walk the walk.

So consider yourself right in sync. In the midst of the present major change, discover what is most important at this time in your life. And in keeping with the Buddhist concept of change, remember that change can only come from within. Rely on your wisdom and past experience. As you give support to your family members who are in transition, hold on to what brings you inner peace and soul satisfaction.

© 2008, Her Mentor Center

There Is Strength In A Herd

I once was asked to speak to a group of teenage boys about the importance of families. I am a high school religion teacher and often speak to teens. But this assignment made me nervous because I knew it was a topic the boys weren't excited to hear.

Minutes before speaking I had an unusual experience. A visual image came to my mind as though someone had turned on a television set in my brain. I clearly saw a scene you might see on the Discovery Channel -- it was a lion scattering a herd of animals.

The image came so powerfully that it surprised me. I wondered if it had anything to do with the talk I was about to give. The understanding quickly came.

When a predator attacks a herd the first job is not the kill. There is strength in the herd and the predator knows it. The first job is to scatter. If the predator can separate the weak from the strong and the young from the powerful they become easy targets.

This was demonstrated powerfully in a National Geographic special I saw about mother elephants (cows) and their babies (calves). Elephant cows are careful to keep their calf within a step or two because danger is always waiting nearby. Lions sometimes stay as close as 20 feet. When the cow charges the lions they easily lope away. The lions understand they can never get to the calf with the powerful mother nearby. So they watch and wait for one of them to make a mistake.

The program then showed of one calf becoming separated from its mother. The lions quickly pounced on it, trying to bring it down and kill it. Somehow this lucky calf was able to escape and return to the safety of its mother.

We live in a society now filled with children not so lucky. Predators have successfully scattered and separated families. Children have become easy targets. These attacks are devastating not only families but entire societies.

In his book, The Broken Hearth, former US Secretary of Education William H. Bennett stated:

"It is fashionable these days to say and to believe that matters like divorce, illegitimacy, cohabitation, and single-parenting are "private" matters that are not the business of the wider community. To which I would respond: There are few matters of more profound public consequence than the condition of marriage and families. Most of our social pathologies -- crime, imprisonment rates, welfare, educational underachievement, alcohol and drug abuse, suicide, depression, sexually-transmitted diseases -- are manifestations, direct and indirect, of the crack-up of the modern American family."

What is the answer? Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said it well:

"We either build our children or we build more jails. Time to stop building jails. Our children are not the problem, they are our future. If you want young people to become contributing citizens and not convicts, then early in life we must give them the character and the competence they need to succeed in this exciting new world. It begins in the home with caring, loving parents and family members who pass on the virtues of past generations" (GOP National Convention, July 31, 2000).

It begins with parents. We have the responsibility to stand close to our children, to make time for them, to love them, to teach them. If we do not they will become victims to the serious predators that now surround them.

There is strength in a herd.