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{
"term": "community",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "all the people who live in a particular area, country, etc. when talked about as a group",
"sensetop": "in/within the community",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The **local community** supported us from the start."
},
{
"text": "**the international community** *(= the countries of the world as a group)*"
},
{
"text": "It is hoped that the campaign will encourage **members of the community** to get active."
},
{
"text": "the problems faced by **rural communities**"
},
{
"text": "good community relations with the police"
},
{
"text": "**community groups/leaders**"
},
{
"text": "health workers based in the community *(= working with people in a local area)*",
"contextForm": "in/within the community"
},
{
"text": "community parks/libraries *(= paid for by the local town/city)*"
},
{
"text": "**the wider/entire/whole community**"
},
{
"text": "She comes from a small island community."
},
{
"text": "Our aim is to **serve the community**."
},
{
"text": "policies that will benefit the wider community"
},
{
"text": "a cultural programme that should benefit the community at large"
},
{
"text": "The local community was shocked by the murders."
},
{
"text": "the concerns of the local and wider community"
},
{
"text": "He urged the international community to take decisive action on debt relief."
},
{
"text": "The library is open to all members of the community."
},
{
"text": "There needs to be more support for the elderly in the community."
},
{
"text": "We need initiatives that will benefit the community at large."
},
{
"text": "The aim of the programme is to foster community relations."
},
{
"text": "Many of the women have left their rural communities to find work in the city."
}
],
"topics": ["People in society"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["large", "small", "close"],
"community + noun": ["service", "work", "policing"],
"preposition": ["in a/the community", "within a/the community"],
"phrases": [
"the community as a whole",
"the community at large",
"a/the community of faith"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a group of people who share the same religion, race, job, etc.",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The Polish community in London has/have a long history."
},
{
"text": "**the business/scientific community**"
},
{
"text": "**the Muslim/Jewish/Christian community**"
},
{
"text": "the gay community"
},
{
"text": "**the intelligence community** *(= all the people whose job is to collect secret information)*"
},
{
"text": "Representatives of the city's Bangladeshi community had a meeting with the mayor."
},
{
"text": "the LGBT community in Britain"
},
{
"text": "divisions within the scientific community"
},
{
"text": "a close-knit fishing community"
},
{
"text": "This is good news for the farming community."
}
],
"topics": ["People in society"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["large", "small", "close"],
"community + noun": ["service", "work", "policing"],
"preposition": ["in a/the community", "within a/the community"],
"phrases": [
"the community as a whole",
"the community at large",
"a/the community of faith"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the feeling of sharing things and belonging to a group in the place where you live",
"labels": "(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(informal)(British English, informal)North American English, informal",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "There is a strong **sense of community** here."
},
{
"text": "The town has a strong community spirit."
}
],
"topics": ["People in society"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a group of people who live together and all equally own and share what they have",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The nuns live in a closed community."
}
],
"topics": ["People in society"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a group of plants and animals growing or living in the same place or environment",
"labels": "(biology)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the communities of microbes inhabiting our bodies"
}
],
"topics": ["Biology"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəˈmjuːnəti/",
"audio": "co/community/community__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəˈmjuːnəti/",
"audio": "co/community/community__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French comunete, reinforced by its source, Latin communitas, from communis ‘common’."
}