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commune1 nouncommune2 verb communecom‧mune1 /ˈkɒmjuːn $ ˈkɑː-, kəˈmjuːn/ noun [countable]  commune1Origin: 1600-1700 French, Medieval Latin communia, from Latin communis; ➔ COMMON1 - During the commune heydays of the early 1970s, the ranch collected a typically renegade group of cultural misfits.
- Even the most eager activists of 1965 soon headed for the hills of Santa Barbara and the communes of Vermont.
- For example, communes have difficulty in coping with adolescent children.
- The commune was doomed by the spread of market relations and the peasantry were becoming divided between capitalists and propertyless rural labourers.
- The income of the communes and cities in that year was 229 billion dinars.
- The place was a lot cleaner than in commune days.
- This covered the extraction of gold-bearing deposits beneath territory belonging to the commune of Régina.
► Governmentabsolutism, nounadministration, nounagency, nounagent, nounagent provocateur, nounalderman, nounally, nounassembly, nounautarchy, nounautocracy, nounautocrat, nounautonomous, adjectiveautonomy, nounban, nounbaron, nounbig government, nounbilateral, adjectivebody politic, nounbudget, nounbureau, nounbureaucracy, nouncabinet, nouncaliphate, nouncanton, nouncanvass, verbcapital, nouncapitalist, nounCapitol Hill, nounCBE, nouncede, verbcentral, adjectivecentral government, nouncentralism, nouncentralize, verbchancellery, nounchancery, nouncharter, nouncharter, verbchief, nounCIA, the, city hall, nouncity-state, nounclient state, nounCo., coalition, nouncold war, nouncolonial, adjectivecolonial, nouncolonialism, nouncolonize, verbcolony, nouncommissioner, nouncommune, nounconsort, nounconstitution, nounconstitutional, adjectiveconstitutionality, nounconvention, nouncoronation, nouncount, nouncounterintelligence, nouncountess, nouncounty, nouncounty council, noundecolonize, verbdemocracy, noundemocratic, adjectivedependency, noundespotism, noundétente, noundethrone, verbdevolution, noundictatorial, adjectivedictatorship, noundiplomacy, noundiplomatic immunity, noundirective, noundisinformation, noundispatch, noundispensation, noundissent, verbdistrict council, noundocumentation, nounDOD, dominion, nounDowning Street, noundynasty, nounearl, nounearldom, nounempire, nounEuro, adjectiveEurope, nounexecutive, nounexecutive privilege, nounfall, verbfall, nounfederalism, nounfeudal, adjectivefeudalism, nounfeudalistic, adjectivegazette, nounhead of state, nounhigh commission, nounimperial, adjectiveindependence, nounindependent, adjectiveinfrastructure, nouninstigate, verbinsurgent, nouninsurrection, nounintelligence, nouninternal, adjectivejunket, nounjunta, nounkingdom, nounkingship, nounkitchen cabinet, nounland office, nounland registry, nounlegation, nounlegislature, nounlicensed, adjectivelocal authority, nounlocal government, nounmaharajah, nounmaharani, nounmandate, nounmandated, adjectivemartial law, nounMBE, nounmeasure, nounmidterm, nounministry, nounminority government, nounmisrule, nounmonarchy, nounmonolith, nounmonolithic, adjectivemoratorium, nounmouthpiece, nounmove, verbmover, nounmunicipal, adjectivemunicipality, nounNASA, nounnational, adjectivenational debt, nounNational Health Service, the, nationalize, verbnational monument, nounnation state, nounNATO, nounneocolonialism, nounneutral, adjectiveneutral, nounneutralize, verbnon-aligned, adjectivenon-intervention, nounnon-proliferation, noun-ocracy, suffix-ocrat, suffixofficiate, verboligarchy, nounoperational, adjectiveoperative, nounoverthrow, verboverthrow, nounoverturn, verbpacify, verbpact, nounpalatinate, nounpardon, nounparish, nounpartition, nounpass, verbpeer, nounpeer, verbpeerage, nounpeeress, nounpermit, nounplenary, adjectiveplutocracy, nounpolice state, nounpolitburo, nounpolitical science, nounpolity, nounpork, nounpork barrel, nounportfolio, nounpossession, nounprecinct, nounprefecture, nounpremiership, nounpresidium, nounprotectorate, nounpublic, adjectivepublic service, nounquota, nounR, ratify, verbrealm, nounrecall, nounrecognition, nounrecognize, verbregency, nounregent, nounregime, nounregister, nounregulation, nounrelease, nounrepeal, verbrepresentative, nounrepressive, adjectiverepublic, nounrepublican, adjectiverescind, verbreunify, verbrevoke, verbrising, nounroyalist, nounruling, adjectivesanction, nounseat, nounsecret agent, nounsecurity service, nounself-governing, adjectiveself-rule, nounsheikh, nounshire, nounsocial democracy, nounsocialist, adjectivesocial service, nounsovereign, adjectivesovereignty, nounspin doctor, nounstaff, nounstate, nounstatehood, nounStatehouse, nounstate line, nounstate of emergency, nounstatewide, adjectivesubject, adjectivesubject, verbsultanate, nounsummit, nounsuperpower, nounsuppress, verbsupranational, adjectivesurgery, nounsuzerainty, nountechnocracy, nounterritory, nounthrone, nountopple, verbtotalitarian, adjectivetown planning, nountownship, nountransit visa, nountreaty, nountribalism, nountripartite, adjectivetrusteeship, nountsarism, nountyrant, nountzarism, noununconstitutional, adjectiveunification, noununify, verbunilateral, adjectiveunion, nounUnion Jack, nounvassal, nounVIP, nounviscount, nounviscountess, nounwelfare state, nounWhitehall, noun NOUN► peasant· Above all he sought to dismantle the traditional peasant commune.· At its centre stood the peasant commune, they believed, had preserved the peasantry from the corruption of private property.· During the 1860s and 70s the populists attributed to the primitive peasant commune all the characteristics of a latent socialist order.· Chicherin stopped writing private memoranda and started a debate on the peasant commune. VERB► live· Do you think I should go and live in a commune in San Francisco? 1a group of people who live together and who share the work and their possessions: a hippie commune2the smallest unit of local government in countries such as France and Belgium3a group of people in a Communist country who work as a team on a farm, and give what they produce to the statecommune1 nouncommune2 verb communecom‧mune2 /kəˈmjuːn/ verb  commune2Origin: 1300-1400 Old French communier, from Latin communicare; ➔ COMMUNICATE VERB TABLEcommune |
Present | I, you, we, they | commune | | he, she, it | communes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | communed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have communed | | he, she, it | has communed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had communed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will commune | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have communed |
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Present | I | am communing | | he, she, it | is communing | | you, we, they | are communing | Past | I, he, she, it | was communing | | you, we, they | were communing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been communing | | he, she, it | has been communing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been communing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be communing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been communing |
- By refusing to let them in the house, you will help them commune with the elements.
- Having communed with their beginnings they wanted to die where they were without enduring the day ahead of them.
- I come to commune with the sea.
- I felt we were communing with something deeper than words.
- Intimacy is marked by cycles of encounter and withdrawal which ideally involve trusting in absence, as well as communing in each other's presence.
- It is a place to commune with other women.
- Like Moses, they climb their mountains alone, communing with creation if not the creator.
► commune with nature- Can you spare as little as half an hour each day to unwind or to commune with nature?
- Instead of living, the church peddled dogmas; instead of communing with nature, it recited lifeless history.
- When this happened, one left him alone to commune with nature or whatever it was he wished to do.
commune with somebody/something phrasal verb formal1to communicate with a person, god, or animal, especially in a mysterious spiritual way2commune with nature to spend time outside in a natural place, enjoying it in a quiet peaceful way: Take time to relax and commune with nature. |