different between network vs community

English

Etymology

net +? work

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n?tw??k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /n?tw?k/

Noun

network (plural networks)

1. A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals.
2. Any interconnected group or system

3. A directory of people maintained for their advancement

4. (broadcasting) A group of affiliated television stations that broadcast common programs from a parent company.
   • 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi

     TV back then was five channels (three networks, PBS, and an independent station that ran I Love Lucy reruns), […]

5. (computing, Internet) Multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information

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Derived terms

Translations

References

• network on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

network (third-person singular simple present networks, present participle networking, simple past and past participle networked)

1. (intransitive) To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.

2. (transitive) To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices.

3. (transitive) To interconnect a group or system.
4. (transitive, broadcasting) To broadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.

Translations

References

• network at OneLook Dictionary Search
• network in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• network in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English communite, borrowed from Old French communité, comunité, comunete (modern French communauté), from Classical Latin comm?nit?s (“community; public spirit”), from comm?nis (“common, ordinary; of or for the community, public”) + -it?s (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-teh?ts (“suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being”)). Comm?nis is derived from con- (“prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects”) (from cum (“with”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?óm (“along, at, next to, with”)) + m?nus (“employment, office, service; burden, duty, obligation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to change, exchange”)). Doublet of communitas.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??mju?n?ti/
• (General American, Canada) enPR: k?-myo?o?n?-ti, IPA^(key): /k(?)?mjun?ti/, [k(?)?mjun??i]
• Hyphenation: com?mun?i?ty

Noun

community (countable and uncountable, plural communities)

1. (countable) A group sharing a common understanding, and often the same language, law, manners, and/or tradition.
2. (countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune.
3. (countable, ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
4. (countable, Internet) A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.
5. (uncountable) The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
6. (countable, obsolete) Common enjoyment or possession; participation.
7. (uncountable, obsolete) Common character; likeness.
8. (uncountable, obsolete) Commonness; frequency.
9. (Wales, countable) A local area within a county or county borough which is the lowest tier of local government, usually represented by a community council or town council, which is generally equivalent to a civil parish in England.

Alternative forms

• communitie (obsolete)

Antonyms

• anticommunity
• noncommunity

Hyponyms

• subcommunity

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

• community at OneLook Dictionary Search
• community in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "community" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 75.
• community in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Further reading

• community on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• community (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Community (Wales) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia