sense of community
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3.2
- noun
- /sɛns əv kəˈmjunɪti/
:
sentido de comunidad
- Joining the local book club really gave her a sense of community with others who share her interests.
- a strong sense of community
- build a sense of community
- foster a sense of community
But that sense of community is still there.
- But that sense of community is still there.
- But we are we're doing it with this goal of a broader sense of community.
- And I was so enamored by the sense of community and belonging that I wanted it forever.
- It's just been this wonderful sense of community that I found here in Nashville and I've been so grateful.
- Try your best to make a voice for yourself and for this country and find a sense of community.
- Well, I think the what I've read about this is cults give people a sense of community and a lot of these people are broken, lonely.
- One of the Robins, I don't know which one, said something about, you know, cultivating a sense of community.
- So for example, you got your sense of community from the bowling, the bowling league, you got your sense of sort of purpose from church.
- And there was always this sense of community in and around that.
Examples
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We discussed the sense of community that was displayed in Japan in response to the disaster.
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Career and technical education provides a great sense of community and pride among students.
Academic text (2012) -
And there was always this sense of community in and around that.
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But that sense of community is still there.
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Well, this is the first sense of community that most of them have ever had in their lives.
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But I also found a strong sense of community.
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You know, I mean, I try to teach these kids a sense of community.
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Similar to family, these activities served as sources of support and created a sense of community.
Academic text (2013) -
I see people who have lost a sense of community in their everyday lives, who see what community can be like here.
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The need to belong and feel a sense of community is decidedly important during the undergraduate experience.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
122
3.6
A feeling of being accepted and part of a group or close to others
33
3.3
A feeling of close support and loyalty between people
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4.0
A strong feeling of connection between people or groups who share similar interests
8
4.8
How people and things are joined and relate to each other
3
4.9
A feeling of friendship and trust among people who spend a lot of time together
3
2.9
A feeling that makes people feel they belong and help each other
1
6.2
Being firmly connected to a place or community and its traditions
A feeling of being accepted and included in a group
A strong feeling of togetherness and equality that people feel at festivals or other shared events
A feeling of sharing and close unity among people
A feeling of sharing and support among people in a group
A friendly, sociable feeling among people who share a common goal
A feeling of being joined and acting together as one group
Antonyms
How Connected
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5.2
24
3.2
122
3.6
10
3.4
141
2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a feeling of belonging and connection to a group' is directly and compositionally derived from 'sense' (a feeling) + 'of' (linking) + 'community' (a group), so a learner who knows the constituents can infer the MWE meaning. This is a common, cross-linguistic nominal construction (feeling/sense + of + group), making it readily transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Sense of community may come from the simple image of people in a village gathering at a common well or market and sharing news, food, and help. The community is the group who share things and the sense is the feeling you get from being part of them, so the phrase means 'a feeling of belonging and connection'.