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COMMUNE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A body of people or families living together and sharing everything

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("commune" is a kind of...):

assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)

Derivation:

communise (make into property owned by the state)

communise (make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The smallest administrative district of several European countries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("commune" is a kind of...):

administrative district; administrative division; territorial division (a district defined for administrative purposes)

Domain region:

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)

Belgique; Belgium; Kingdom of Belgium (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Schweiz; Suisse; Svizzera; Swiss Confederation; Switzerland (a landlocked federal republic in central Europe)

Derivation:

communise (make into property owned by the state)

communise (make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity

Example:

He seemed to commune with nature

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "commune" is one way to...):

communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "commune"):

pray (address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

communion (sharing thoughts and feelings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Receive Communion, in the Catholic church

Synonyms:

commune; communicate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "commune" is one way to...):

covenant (enter into a covenant or formal agreement)

Verb group:

communicate (administer Communion; in church)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

Communion (the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist)

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