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" There is no doubt that Stop-and-Frisk does not yield the desired results, and it is apparent that it disproportionately targets minority communities."
Yvette Clarke

Meaning of "communities" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF COMMUNITIES

kəˈmjuːnɪtɪz


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMMUNITIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Communities is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COMMUNITIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Community

A community is a social unit of any size that shares common values. Although embodied or face-to-face communities are usually small, larger or more extended communities such as a national community, international community and virtual community are also studied. In human communities, intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness. Since the advent of the Internet, the concept of community has less geographical limitation, as people can now gather virtually in an online community and share common interests regardless of physical location. Prior to the internet, virtual communities were far more limited by the constraints of available communication and transportation technologies. The word "community" is derived from the Old French comunete which is derived from the Latin communitas, a broad term for fellowship or organized society. One broad definition which incorporates all the different forms of community is...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMMUNITIES

amenities · capabilities · celebrities · charities · densities · divinities · entities · facilities · fraternities · humanities · inanities · indignities · inhumanities · lenities · liabilities · localities · minorities · qualities · securities · universities

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMMUNITIES

communitaire · communitarian · community · community action · community antenna distribution · community antenna television · community association · community card · community care · community care programme · community centre · community charge · community chest · community college · community correctional center · community council · community education · community health centre · community home · community home with education on the premises

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMMUNITIES

abilities · abnormalities · activities · authorities · bill of quantities · capacities · cities · commodities · disabilities · festivities · identities · oddities · opportunities · parties · personalities · possibilities · priorities · quantities · realities · responsibilities · utilities

Synonyms and antonyms of communities in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «COMMUNITIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «communities» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «communities» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF COMMUNITIES

Find out the translation of communities to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of communities from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «communities» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

社区
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

comunidades
570 millions of speakers
en

English

communities
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

समुदायों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المجتمعات
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

общины
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

comunidades
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সম্প্রদায়ের
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

communautés
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Komuniti
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Gemeinden
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

コミュニティ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

지역 사회
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Komunitas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cộng đồng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சமூகங்கள்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

समुदाय
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

topluluklar
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

comunità
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

społeczności
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

громади
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

comunităților
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοινότητες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gemeenskappe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

samhällen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lokalsamfunn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of communities

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMMUNITIES»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of communities
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «communities».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about communities

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10 QUOTES WITH «COMMUNITIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word communities.
1
Felix Adler
No one can fail to see that the power of the Church among large numbers in many communities is today diminishing, or has already ceased.
2
Tom Allen
Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.
3
Charles M. Blow
In the same way that Occupy Wall Street forever elevated that concept of income inequality, the Black Lives Matter protesters have elevated the idea of inequity in policing as it relates to minority communities.
4
Sherwood Boehlert
Craft brewers are committed to promoting the safe and moderate consumption of their beverage, and work closely with their communities to prevent underage drinking and alcohol abuse.
5
Ian Botham
Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions.
6
Jane Byrne
If those communities are left to decay, this city will decay.
7
Brandi Chastain
We are shaping young kids to be leaders in their communities and also to be healthier.
8
Michael Chertoff
The second is there are some communities that we thought originally would take mobile homes that have decided they don't want them. And we're not going to cram mobile homes down the throats of communities in Louisiana and the Gulf - and other parts of the Gulf Coast.
9
Yvette Clarke
There is no doubt that Stop-and-Frisk does not yield the desired results, and it is apparent that it disproportionately targets minority communities.
10
Barry Commoner
The wave of new productive enterprises would provide opportunities to remedy the unjust distribution of environmental hazards among economic classes and racial and ethnic communities.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMMUNITIES»

Discover the use of communities in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to communities and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread ...
'Imagined Communities' examines the creation & function of the 'imagined communities' of nationality & the way these communities were in part created by the growth of the nation-state, the interaction between capitalism & printing & the ...
Benedict Anderson, 2006
2
Communities
Help early readers enjoy learning with this colorful, photo illustrated book.
Lisa Trumbauer, 2000
3
Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ...
In this book, Brad Feld captures the essence of what drives the creation and development of startup communities and provides a clear road map for everyone interested in expanding the entrepreneurial ecosystem wherever they live." —Aneesh ...
Brad Feld, 2012
4
Communities
Geography is covered in an interactive, investigative and visual way.
Neil Morris, 2009
5
Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing ...
This book argues that communities of practice--groups of individuals formed around common interests and expertise--provide the ideal vehicle for driving knowledge-management strategies and building lasting competitive advantage.
Etienne Wenger, Richard A. McDermott, William Snyder, 2013
6
Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity
Presents a broad conceptual framework for thinking about learning as a process of social participation.
Etienne Wenger, 1998
7
Communities
Describes five geography themes; each introduces a new concept to help children describe their own adventure as they explore the different communities of the United States.
James A. Banks, McGraw-Hill Companies. McGraw-Hill School Division, National Geographic Society (U.S.), 2000
8
Communities
Describes various kinds of workers in a community and explains the service which persons in each occupation provide.
Gail Saunders Smith, 2000
9
Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for ...
The aim of this set of books is to combine the best of current academic research into the use of Communities of Practice in education with "hands on" practitioner experience in order to provide teachers and academics with a convenient ...
Chris Kimble, Paul M. Hildreth, Isabelle Bourdon, 2008
10
Building Online Learning Communities: Effective Strategies ...
This book goes way beyond the how-to's of online education to a sophisticated consideration of the major challenges of teaching and learning." —Anna DiStefano, provost, Fielding Graduate University "This book captures the essence of a ...
Rena M. Palloff, Keith Pratt, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMMUNITIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term communities is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Chicago group sues 3 communities over gun store regulations
"Our communities are being flooded with guns," she said. "We have to do something... to take a stand to help get these guns off the street.". «Fox News, Jul 15»
2
Keep Louisiana Beautiful awards 2015-2016 Healthy Communities
Baton Rouge, LA. – Keep Louisiana Beautiful has awarded grant funding to 32 Louisiana non-profit organizations as a part of the 2015-2016 ... «Monroe News Star, Jul 15»
3
Minority, Low-Income Communities Bear Disproportionate Share Of …
People of color and low-income communities are bearing a disproportionate burden of risk from dangerous oil trains rolling through California, ... «De Smog Blog, Jul 15»
4
Anderson Twp. racino communities get promised funds
Anderson Township and the other five racino host communities in Ohio were promised $500,000 a year in perpetuity in order to offset costs ... «Cincinnati.com, Jul 15»
5
How Black Churches Are Helping Their Communities Get Access To …
Such communities are often served only by fast food restaurants or convenience stores where fresh foods are scarce. Residents frequently ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Mixing deportation and criminal justice systems harms communities
These opportunists now seek to punish entire communities for the ... efforts in communities like mine to overcome a significant mistrust of police. «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 15»
7
Rain dampens sales in top-selling communities
Some of Houston's top-selling communities are seeing a slowdown in home sales in the first half of the year, but not because of oil prices, ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
8
Communities near forest charred by Lake fire may face new threat …
Now that the massive Lake fire is nearly fully contained, fire officials say the devastation left in its wake could bring trouble during the next big ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
9
Academics, publishers find new communities on Reddit
But more tightly moderated communities have also sprung up, including subreddits where anyone can post questions and receive answers ... «Inside Higher Ed, Jul 15»
10
Disease-bearing ticks taking aim at local communities
The growing deer population south of Boston has placed Plymouth, Norfolk and Bristol county towns among the highest in the state for cases of ... «WCVB Boston, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Communities [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/communities>. Apr 2024 ».
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