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Antonyms for communities

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-myoo-ni-tee
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈmyu nɪ ti

Definition of communities

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French comunité "community, commonness, everybody" (Modern French communauté), from Latin communitatem (nominative communitas) "community, society, fellowship, friendly intercourse; courtesy, condescension, affability," from communis "common, public, general, shared by all or many," (see common (adj.)). Latin 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 Old English word for "community" was gemænscipe "community, fellowship, union, common ownership," from mæne "common, public, general," probably composed from the same PIE roots as communis. Community service as a criminal sentence is recorded from 1972, American English. Community college is recorded from 1959.
  • noun society, area of people
  • noun agreement, similarity
Example sentences :
  • To the quarrels of communities are added the combats of individuals.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • Fortunately, there are millions of communities in the world.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • It may even be true that there are communities which have gained a higher level.
  • Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey
  • There are churches and communities of which these statements are not true.
  • Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey
  • Communities have been chaotic, socially, economically, and educationally.
  • Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy
  • Among the most interesting of these communities is the black colony in St. Louis.
  • Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott
  • In the schools of purely Greek communities only the Greek language will be taught.
  • Extract from : « Bulgaria » by Frank Fox
  • The selection and articulation of these men in all communities is all that is necessary.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
  • Gregarious: living in societies or communities; but not social.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • In all the Dutch communities in New York it was woven till this century.
  • Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle

Synonyms for communities

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