commune.

1. A community organized around shared living, resources, or responsibilities, sometimes including common ownership.

2. A local administrative division or municipality in certain systems, especially France.

3. To communicate or feel connected with deep emotional or spiritual intimacy.

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Words that belong together

• an agricultural commune
• life in a commune

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The agricultural commune kept private bedrooms and a shared work record.

Life in the commune grew strained when tedious tasks went unclaimed.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular commune; plural communes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: communes.