commune

CEFRC1

/kəˈmjuːn/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A group of people living together and sharing work or property.

  2. 02

    verb

    To communicate closely with someone or something.

Examples

  • Sami went to church to commune with fellow Christians.

  • Tom lives in a commune with hippies.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A local political division in many European countries as well as their former colonies (such as Chile and Vietnam).

  2. The commonalty; the common people.

  3. A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.

More examples

In context

  • They live in a commune.

  • He spent a week in the backcountry, communing with nature.

  • For days of happy commune dead.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English commune, comune, from Old French comune, commune, from Medieval Latin commūnia, from Latin commūne (“community, state”), from commūnis (“common”). Doublet of comune. See also community, communion, common.