English-Thai Dictionary

community

N ชุมชน  chum-chon

 

community

N สังคม  society the public sang-kom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMMUNITY

n. 1. Properly, common possession or enjoyment; as a community of goods.
It is a confirmation of the original community of all things.
2. A society of people, having common rights and privileges, or common interests, civil, political or ecclesiastical; or living under the same laws and regulations. This word may signify a commonwealth or state, a body politic, or a particular society or order of men within a state, as a community of monks; and it is often used for the public or people in general, without very definite limits.
3. Commonness; frequency.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMMUNITY

Com *mu "ni *ty, n.; pl. Communities. Etym: [L. communitas: cf. OF. communité. Cf. Commonalty, and see Common. ]

 

1. Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods. The original community of all things. Locke. An unreserved community of thought and feeling. W. Irwing.

 

2. 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.Creatures that in communities exist. Wordsworth.

 

3. Society at large; a commonwealth or state; a body politic; the public, or people in general. Burdens upon the poorer classes of the community. Hallam.

 

Note: In this sense, the term should be used with the definite article; as, the interests of the community.

 

4. Common character; likeness. [R.] The essential community of nature between organic growth and inorganic growth. H. Spencer.

 

5. Commonness; frequency. [Obs. ] Eyes... sick and blunted with community. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

community

com mu ni ty |kəˈmyo͞onitē kəˈmjunədi | ▶noun ( pl. communities ) 1 a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common: Rhode Island's Japanese community | the scientific community. • a group of people living together in one place, esp. one practicing common ownership: a community of nuns. • a particular area or place considered together with its inhabitants: a rural community. • a body of nations or states unified by common interests: [ in names ] : the European Community | the African Economic Community. • (the community ) the people of a district or country considered collectively, esp. in the context of social values and responsibilities; society: preparing prisoners for life back in the community. • [ as modifier ] denoting a worker or resource designed to serve the people of a particular area: community health services. 2 a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals: the sense of community that organized religion can provide. • [ in sing. ] a similarity or identity: writers who shared a community of interests. • joint ownership or liability: a commitment to the community of goods. 3 Ecology a group of interdependent organisms of different species growing or living together in a specified habitat: communities of insectivorous birds. PHRASES the international community the countries of the world considered collectively. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French comunete, reinforced by its source, Latin communitas, from communis (see common ).

 

community antenna television

com mu ni ty an ten na tel e vi sion (abbr.: CATV ) ▶noun another term for cable television.

 

community architect

com mu ni ty ar chi tect ▶noun an architect working in consultation with local inhabitants in designing housing and other amenities. DERIVATIVES com mu ni ty ar chi tec ture noun

 

community bank

com mu ni ty bank ▶noun a commercial bank that derives funds from and lends to the community where it operates, and is not affiliated with a multibank holding company.

 

community card

community card ▶noun (in some forms of poker ) each of a number of cards dealt or turned face up for all active players to use.

 

community care

community care (also care in the community ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] long-term care for people who are mentally ill, elderly, or disabled which is provided within the community rather than in hospitals or institutions, especially as implemented in the UK under the National Health Service and Community Care Act of 1990.

 

community center

com mu ni ty cen ter ▶noun a place where people from a particular community can meet for social, educational, or recreational activities.

 

community charge

com |mu ¦nity charge ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in the UK ) a tax, introduced by the Conservative government in 1990 (1989 in Scotland ), levied locally on every adult in a community. It was replaced in 1993 by the council tax. Informally called poll tax.

 

community chest

com mu ni ty chest ▶noun a fund for charitable activities among the people in a particular area.

 

community college

com mu ni ty col lege |kəˈmjunədi ˈkɑlɪʤ | ▶noun a nonresidential junior college offering courses to people living in a particular area.

 

community home

com |mu ¦nity home ▶noun Brit. a centre for housing young offenders and other young people in need of custodial care.

 

community hospital

com |mu ¦nity hos |pital ▶noun a non-specialized hospital serving a local area.

 

community medicine

com |mu ¦nity medi |cine ▶noun [ mass noun ] a branch of medicine dealing with health care issues affecting communities as a whole.

 

community of property

com |mu ¦nity of prop |erty ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in South Africa ) a marriage contract in which the possessions of the partners are merged in a joint estate and disposed of by means of a joint will.

 

community order

com |mu ¦nity order ▶noun English Law a non-custodial sentence which requires an offender to perform community service, observe a curfew, undergo treatment for drug or alcohol addiction, etc. , instead of going to prison.

 

community policing

com mu ni ty po lic ing |kəmjuːnətipəˈliːsɪŋ | ▶noun the system of allocating police officers to particular areas so that they become familiar with the local inhabitants.

 

community property

com mu ni ty pro per ty |kəˈmjunədi ˈprɑpərdi | ▶noun property owned jointly by a husband and wife.

 

community sentence

com |mu ¦nity sen |tence ▶noun English Law a sentence whereby an offender is required to perform community service.

 

community service

com mu ni ty serv ice |kəˈmjunədi ˈsərvəs | ▶noun voluntary work intended to help people in a particular area. • Law unpaid work, intended to be of social use, that an offender is required to do instead of going to prison: sentenced to 600 hours of community service.

 

community singing

com |mu ¦nity sing |ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] singing by a large crowd or group, especially of old popular songs or hymns.

 

community spirit

com |mu ¦nity spirit ▶noun [ mass noun ] a feeling of involvement in and concern for one's local community: there has been a loss of community spirit.

 

community-supported agriculture

com mu ni ty-sup port ed ag ri cul ture (also chiefly Canadian community-shared agriculture ) ▶noun a system in which a farm operation is supported by shareholders within the community who share both the benefits and risks of food production.

 

community worker

com |mu ¦nity work ¦er ▶noun a person who works among the people of a particular area to promote their welfare.

 

Oxford Dictionary

community

com |mu ¦nity |kəˈmjuːnɪti | ▶noun ( pl. communities ) 1 a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common: Montreal's Italian community | the gay community in London | the scientific community. • a group of people living together and practising common ownership: a community of nuns. • a particular area or place considered together with its inhabitants: a rural community | local communities. • a body of nations or states unified by common interests: [ in names ] : the European Community. • (the community ) the people of a district or country considered collectively, especially in the context of social values and responsibilities; society: preparing prisoners for life back in the community. • [ as modifier ] denoting a worker or resource designed to serve the people of a particular area: community health services. 2 [ mass noun ] the condition of sharing or having certain attitudes and interests in common: the sense of community that organized religion can provide. • [ in sing. ] a similarity or identity: the law presupposes a community of interest between an employer and employees. • joint ownership or liability: the community of goods. 3 Ecology a group of interdependent plants or animals growing or living together in natural conditions or occupying a specified habitat: communities of insectivorous birds. PHRASES the international community the countries of the world considered collectively. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French comunete, reinforced by its source, Latin communitas, from communis (see common ).

 

community architect

com |mu ¦nity archi |tect ▶noun an architect working in consultation with local inhabitants in designing housing and other amenities. DERIVATIVES community architecture noun

 

community bank

com mu ni ty bank ▶noun a commercial bank that derives funds from and lends to the community where it operates, and is not affiliated with a multibank holding company.

 

community card

community card ▶noun (in some forms of poker ) each of a number of cards dealt or turned face up for all active players to use.

 

community care

community care (also care in the community ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] long-term care for people who are mentally ill, elderly, or disabled which is provided within the community rather than in hospitals or institutions, especially as implemented in the UK under the National Health Service and Community Care Act of 1990.

 

community centre

com |mu ¦nity centre ▶noun a place where people from a particular neighbourhood can meet for social events, education classes, or recreational activities.

 

community charge

com |mu ¦nity charge ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in the UK ) a tax, introduced by the Conservative government in 1990 (1989 in Scotland ), levied locally on every adult in a community. It was replaced in 1993 by the council tax. Informally called poll tax.

 

community chest

com |mu ¦nity chest ▶noun a fund for charitable activities among the people in a particular area.

 

community college

com |mu ¦nity col |lege ▶noun 1 chiefly N. Amer. a college providing further and higher education for people living in a particular area. 2 Brit. a secondary school whose educational and recreational facilities are available to adults in the local community.

 

community home

com |mu ¦nity home ▶noun Brit. a centre for housing young offenders and other young people in need of custodial care.

 

community hospital

com |mu ¦nity hos |pital ▶noun a non-specialized hospital serving a local area.

 

community medicine

com |mu ¦nity medi |cine ▶noun [ mass noun ] a branch of medicine dealing with health care issues affecting communities as a whole.

 

community of property

com |mu ¦nity of prop |erty ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in South Africa ) a marriage contract in which the possessions of the partners are merged in a joint estate and disposed of by means of a joint will.

 

community order

com |mu ¦nity order ▶noun English Law a non-custodial sentence which requires an offender to perform community service, observe a curfew, undergo treatment for drug or alcohol addiction, etc. , instead of going to prison.

 

community policing

com |mu ¦nity po |licing |kəmjuːnətipəˈliːsɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the system of allocating police officers to particular areas so that they become familiar with the local inhabitants.

 

community property

com mu ni ty pro per ty |kəˈmjunədi ˈprɑpərdi | ▶noun property owned jointly by a husband and wife.

 

community sentence

com |mu ¦nity sen |tence ▶noun English Law a sentence whereby an offender is required to perform community service.

 

community service

com |mu ¦nity ser |vice ▶noun [ mass noun ] voluntary work intended to help people in a particular area. • English Law unpaid work, intended to be of social use, that an offender is required to do instead of going to prison: [ as modifier ] : a community-service order.

 

community singing

com |mu ¦nity sing |ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] singing by a large crowd or group, especially of old popular songs or hymns.

 

community spirit

com |mu ¦nity spirit ▶noun [ mass noun ] a feeling of involvement in and concern for one's local community: there has been a loss of community spirit.

 

community-supported agriculture

com mu ni ty-sup port ed ag ri cul ture (also chiefly Canadian community-shared agriculture ) ▶noun a system in which a farm operation is supported by shareholders within the community who share both the benefits and risks of food production.

 

community worker

com |mu ¦nity work ¦er ▶noun a person who works among the people of a particular area to promote their welfare.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

community

community noun 1 work done for the community: public, general public, populace, people, citizenry, population, collective; residents, inhabitants, citizens. 2 a suburban community: district, region, zone, area, locality, locale, neighborhood; informal neck of the woods, hood. 3 concerns in the immigrant community: group, body, set, circle, clique, faction; informal gang, bunch. 4 a monastic community: brotherhood, sisterhood, fraternity, sorority, sodality; order, congregation, abbey, convent.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

community

community noun 1 we can work together for the good of the community: population, populace, people, citizenry, public, general public, body politic, collective; society, nation, state, country, realm, commonwealth, homeland, fatherland, motherland; residents, inhabitants, citizens; humorous denizens, burghers. 2 East Durham was very much a mining community: district, region, zone, area, local area, locality, locale, neighbourhood; informal neck of the woods; Brit. informal manor; N. Amer. informal hood, nabe, turf. 3 lesbians and gays are not one homogeneous community: group, section, body, company, set, circle, clique, coterie, ring, band, faction; informal gang, bunch. 4 the monastic community at Canterbury: brotherhood, sisterhood, fraternity, confraternity, sorority, colony, institution, order, body, circle, association, society, league; rare sodality. 5 they had a harmonious union based on a community of interests: similarity, similar nature, likeness, sameness, comparability, correspondence, agreement, alignment, parallel, parallelism, closeness, affinity; archaic semblance. ANTONYMS difference, incompatibility. 6 the community of goods: joint ownership, common ownership, shared possession; joint liability, joint participation.

 

Duden Dictionary

Community

Com mu ni ty Substantiv, feminin Jargon , die |kɔˈmjuːniti |die Community; Genitiv: der Community, Plural: die Communitys Gemeinschaft, Gruppe von Menschen, die ein gemeinsames Ziel verfolgen, gemeinsame Interessen pflegen, sich gemeinsamen Wertvorstellungen verpflichtet fühlen; Gemeinde 3b (besonders der Nutzer im Internet )

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

community

com mu ni ty /kəmjúːnəti / (! 強勢は第2音節 ) 〖common (共通の )ity (状態 )〗名詞 複 -ties /-z /1 C 地域社会 [共同体 ], コミュニティ ; 市町村, 自治体 ; 〖通例the ～; 集合的に; ｟英 ｠では単複両扱い 〗地域住民 (の全体 )▸ a close-knit community 緊密な共同体 ▸ community affairs 地域活動 ▸ community spirit 共同体意識 ▸ the rural [farming ] community 農村共同体 ▸ the local community 地域住民 2 C 〖集合的に; ｟英 ｠では単複両扱い 〗(同じ宗教 国籍 利害などを持つ人々や国の )共同体, コミュニティ , 社会 , …界 ▸ the medical community 医学界 ▸ the Jewish [gay, black ] community ユダヤ人 [ゲイ, 黒人 ]社会 ▸ the international community 国際社会 3 U 〖the ～〗一般社会 , 世間 ▸ in the interests [for the good ] of the community 社会の利益 [福利 ]のために 4 U 〖具体例では 可算 〗(地域社会などへの )一体感 , 帰属意識 ; (利害などの )共通性 [一致 ]; (財産などの )共有 ▸ a sense of community 連帯感 ▸ a community of interest 利害の一致 5 C 〘動 〙(動物の )群集 , 群棲 （ぐんせい ）; 〘植 〙(植物の )群落 .6 ｟英 やや古 ｠〖the C- 〗＝European Community .～̀ ant é nna t è levision 共同視聴アンテナテレビ (｟略 ｠CATV ).～́ c à re ｟主に英 ｠〘福祉 〙在宅ケアサービス .～́ c è nter コミュニティセンター 〘地域住民に文化 教育 娯楽などを提供する施設 〙.～́ ch à rge ｟英 ｠地方負担金 〘地方自治体が成人住民に一律に課した税; 1993年にcouncil taxに替わる 〙.～́ ch è st ｟米 やや古 ｠共同募金 .～̀ c ó llege コミュニティカレッジ 〘｟米 カナダ ｠では地域住民のための2年制大学; ｟英 ｠では成人にも開放された中等学校 〙.～̀ h é alth 地域衛生 .～́ h ò me ｟英 ｠少年院 .～̀ pol í cing 地域密着型警察活動 〘専属の警察官が地域に固定配置される 〙.～́ pr ò perty ｟米 ｠〘法 〙夫婦共有財産 .～̀ s é rvice 地域奉仕活動 〘ボランティア活動と刑罰としての奉仕の2種類がある 〙.～̀ s í nging (その場の人々の )全員合唱 .