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(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community" 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" a group of nations having common interests; "they hoped to join the NATO community" common ownership; "they shared a community of possessions" agreement as to goals; "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests" the body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread rapidly through the medical community" a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences |
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