community
n.
people living in the same area; group of people that live together; group of people that share common characteristics or interests
Community
Community (trade union)
community
Noun
1. a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"
(hypernym) gathering, assemblage
(hyponym) parish
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"
(hypernym) people
(hyponym) convent
3. common ownership; "they shared a community of possessions"
(hypernym) ownership
4. a group of nations having common interests; "they hoped to join the NATO community"
(hypernym) world organization, world organisation, international organization, international organisation, global organization
5. the body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread rapidly through the medical community"
(synonym) profession
(hypernym) occupational group, vocation
(hyponym) legal profession, bar, legal community
6. agreement as to goals; "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests"
(synonym) community of interests
(hypernym) agreement, accord
7. a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
(synonym) residential district, residential area
(hypernym) district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion
(hyponym) uptown
(part-meronym) housing development
8. (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
(synonym) biotic community
(hypernym) group, grouping
(hyponym) biome
(classification) ecology, bionomics, environmental science
Community
(n.)
Society at large; a commonwealth or state; a body politic; the public, or people in general.
(n.)
Commonness; frequency.
(n.)
Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.
(n.)
Common character; likeness.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Community or Regional Shopping Centre
a shopping centre anchored by one or more large department or discount stores e.g. Lakeside in Essex.