community

noun10

1. •
   a group of people joined by something they share, such as a language, faith or way of life
2. •
   A residential or religious collective; a commune.
3. •
   A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
4. •
   (Internet) A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.

   • Purpose doesn’t only come from work. The third way we can create a sense of purpose for everyone is by building community. And when our generation says “everyone”, we mean everyone in the world. — 2017
5. •
   The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
6. •
   A feeling of togetherness or connectedness, common identity or of possessing a similar outlook, perspective and purpose with some group of people.

   • Volunteering gave me a sense of community.
7. •
   (Wales) A local area within a county or county borough which is the lowest tier of local government, usually represented by a community council or town council, which is generally equivalent to a civil parish in England.
8. •
   Common enjoyment or possession; participation.

   • a community of goods
9. •
   (no longer used) Common character; likeness.
10. •
    (no longer used) Commonness; frequency.

    • So when he had occasion to be seene, / He was but as the Cuckoe is in Iune, / Heard, not regarded: Seene, but with such eie / As sicke and blunted with communitie, / Affoord no extraordinary gaze. — 1597