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# community

«community» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **all the people who live in one place, such as a town or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (community, communities)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A community is all the people who live in one place, such as a town or neighbourhood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/community/#m1)

2) A community is a group of people who share something, like a religion, a hobby or a language. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/community/#m2)

3) In science a community is all the living things that live together in one habitat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/community/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Jewish life values the community. Many prayers need a minyan, a group of ten adults. In the primary lessons: In PSHE and geography lessons pupils learn about their local community and the people who help it (firefighters, doctors, librarians). Schools do community projects like litter picks. In science a pond community includes plants, frogs and insects. Phrases: local community, community centre, part of the community, school community, community service.

### examples

- Source: https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer%20Yetzirah?version=english%7CSefaria+Community+Translation Sefaria versionTitle: Sefaria Community Translation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/community/#x1)
- license: CC0 [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/community/#x2)
- versionSource: https://www.sefaria.org (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/community/#x3)
- Instead, the SY may be intimating a twofold pronunciation of Resh known among certain mediveal Jewish communities in Babylonia and elsewhere, which does indeed preserve a distinguish between ‘single’ Resh and ‘double’ Resh. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/community/#x4)
- Our school is part of the local community. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/community/#x5)
- The community centre has a library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/community/#x6)
- We helped the community by picking up litter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/community/#x7)
- There is a big Irish community in Boston. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/community/#x8)
- Everyone in the community came to the fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/community/#x9)
- Police officers help keep the community safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/community/#x10)
- A pond is home to a community of living things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/community/#x11)
- The Soldier received the thanks of the whole community. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/community/#x12)

### note

Plural: communities. Spelling: double «m» (com-mu-ni-ty). Countable noun. A community is about people or living things together, not just buildings.

### In the corpora

- ["A retirement community" is a housing estate built for old people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/9-age-looks-and-size/8/)
- [Later that term a community police officer came to Jake's school to talk about staying safe and street fights.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/384-when-the-police-come/21/)
- [Community police officers visit schools to help children stay safe, not only to catch people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/384-when-the-police-come/32/)
- [Community police officers help keep neighbourhoods safe and often get to know local children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/392-adults-who-help-and-adults-who-dont/23/)
- [It's help from the community, not a shame, and the kind thing is never to tell others who you saw there.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/488-the-electric-meter-the-food-bank-and-we-cant-afford-it/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «community» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/community/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.