| belong |
When you belong to something like a family or club or community, you are a part of it. You are one of the members of it. [1/4 definitions] |
| biome |
a major type of global region, such as forest, desert, or grassland, characterized by the community of plants and animals that have adapted to life under the particular soil and climatic conditions that a particular region presents. |
| cell |
A cell is a very small room that someone stays in or lives inside. Prisoners in jails live in cells. Very religious people who live in a community by themselves usually have cells too, but they use them mostly for sleeping and praying. [1/2 definitions] |
| community |
A community is an area where a group of people live. A community may be a neighborhood or a town. It has a government that makes laws and decides what might be best for everyone living there. [3 definitions] |
| congregation |
A congregation is all the members who belong to a particular church, synagogue, or other religious community, or all the people who attend one particular religious service. [1/2 definitions] |
| council |
A council is a group of people who meet to make decisions or give advice on matters that affect a town or other type of community. Members of a council are often elected. |
| ecosystem |
a community of living things, together with their environment. |
| fair2 |
A fair is an event in which people celebrate their community by gathering together and having fun. They often bring things that they have made, like crafts and foods, and other people buy them. There are also prizes, contests, games, and other activities for people to enjoy. [1/3 definitions] |
| food web |
the interlocking food chains within an ecological community. |
| government |
the making of laws and important decisions that control or affect all the people living in a community, state, or nation. [2/3 definitions] |
| imam |
An imam is a religious leader in the Muslim religion. An imam guides a Muslim community in their religion and performs religious services. An imam leads the prayers that are said in a mosque. |
| Kwanzaa |
an African-American festival, celebrating family, community, and culture, held from December 26 to January 1. |
| local |
A local is someone who lives in some particular area and is part of that community. A local is not a tourist or a visitor. In the town where you live, you are one of the locals. If you go to visit another place, you will not be one of the locals there. [1/4 definitions] |
| monastery |
a community of monks, or the buildings used by such a community. |
| monk |
a man who has joined other men in a religious community and taken vows to live a simple life. |
| neighborhood |
the part of a town or city in which one lives, or an area in a city or town that is distinctive because a particular community lives there or because the area has a special character. [1/2 definitions] |
| people |
all persons who belong to the same community, country, religion, or race. [1/5 definitions] |
| public |
of, for, or having to do with all members of a community; not private. [2/4 definitions] |
| pueblo |
a house made of adobe or stone built by Native Americans in the southwest United States. Pueblos are shared by the community and are usually several stories high. [1/2 definitions] |
| representative |
a person who speaks or acts for a group or community. [1/4 definitions] |
| respectable |
having a good reputation or being thought well of in one's community. [1/4 definitions] |