(botany, ecology) a group of plants of different species which coexist in a habitat under certain conditions, and that may be mutually dependent on each other.

plural of plant community

plural of community cat

An autonomous community of Spain. Capital: Madrid.

A crude, authoritarian, forced collectivism and communism where all aspects of life are bureaucratically regimented.

(historical) The form of communism in Hungary following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, involving high living standards and economic reforms.

(epidemiology) The transmission of an illness through unknown untraced members of the greater community, indicative of a reservoir of anonymous infected individuals.

plural of spirit communication

(parapsychology) The practice of living humans purportedly speaking or otherwise communicating with spirits of deceased individuals, as through seances, mediums, etc.

A policeman who maintains a regular presence in a particular community, forging relationships with people who live in the community and using those to prevent crime and de-escalate conflict.