noun · neutral
community
/kəˈmjuːnəti/co·MUN·i·ty
Band 5-6speakingtask2
a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
Examples
“The local community organised a beach clean-up last weekend.”
“In many communities, neighbours still help one another.”
“Community attitudes towards recycling have improved.”
Band 8 sentence
“Community engagement is crucial to the success of any public health campaign.”
Collocations
- local community
- community service
- in the community
Word family
community noun
Common mistakes
many community→many communities
in community→in the community
Say it for a higher band
5people→6local people→7+community
Synonyms
society
Easily confused
society
“Modern society faces many environmental challenges.”
Related words
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In Sublist 3
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