communenoun
uk/ˈkɒm.juːn/us/ˈkɑː.mjuːn/commune noun (GROUP)
[ C, + sing/pl verb ] a group of families or single people who live and work together sharing possessions and responsibilities:
She left her husband to join a women's commune.
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Groups of people
- alliance
- an
- assemblage
- band
- bee
- corps
- crop
- gang
- ginger group
- group
- grouping
- harem
- quarter
- stable
- threesome
- throng
- tribe
- triumvirate
- vintage
- wing
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Nomadic & alternative lifestyles
commune noun (GOVERNMENT)
[ C ] in some countries, a unit of local government
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UK politics: local government & politics
- alderman
- authority
- borough
- canton
- city council
- city fathers
- city hall
- councilwoman
- county borough
- county council
- development area
- local authority
- municipality
- parochial
- prefecture
- principal area
- shire
- South Yorkshire
- the North-South divide
- town meeting
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communeverb [ I ]
uk/ˈkɒm.juːn/us/ˈkɑː.mjuːn/formalto get very close to someone or something by exchanging feelings or thoughts:
Lying naked in the grass, among the trees and birds, he felt he was communing with nature.
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Empathy and sensitivity
- attuned
- communion
- emotional intelligence
- empathetic
- empathize
- identify
- identify with sb
- project
- put
- put yourself in sb's place/position/shoes idiom
- rapport
- relate
- relate to sb
- self-discovery
- sensitive
- sensitivity
- sympathetic
- sympathize
- understand
- understanding
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