{
    "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’."
}