communities

noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Plural of community; groups of people living in the same place or sharing common characteristics.

  2. 2.

    Groups of people with shared interests, beliefs, or practices.

  3. 3.

    (ecology) Groups of interdependent plants and animals inhabiting an area.

Related words

See also: community, neighborhood, society

Etymology

Plural of community, from Latin communitas ("community, fellowship"), from communis ("common").