Definitions for Commune

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Commune com·mune

Spelling: [verb kuh-myoon; noun k

IPA: /verb kəˈmyun; noun ˈkɒm yun/

Commune is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 95 anagrams from letters in Commune (cemmnou).

Definitions for Commune

noun

1. interchange of ideas or sentiments.
2. a small group of persons living together, sharing possessions, work, income, etc., and often pursuing unconventional lifestyles.
3. a close-knit community of people who share common interests.
4. the smallest administrative division in France, Italy, Switzerland, etc., governed by a mayor assisted by a municipal council.
5. a similar division in some other country.
6. any community organized for the protection and promotion of local interests, and subordinate to the state.
7. the government or citizens of a commune.
8. people's commune.
9. the Commune, Also called Commune of Paris, Paris Commune. a revolutionary committee that took the place of the municipality of Paris in the revolution of 1789, usurped the authority of the state, and was suppressed by the National Convention in 1794. a socialistic government of Paris from March 18 to May 27, 1871.

verb (used without object)

1. to converse or talk together, usually with profound intensity, intimacy, etc.; interchange thoughts or feelings.
2. to be in intimate communication or rapport:
3. to partake of the Eucharist.

Origin of Commune

1250-1300; Middle English com(m)unen Middle French comuner to share, derivative of comun common

Examples for Commune

The abominable and shameful peace had been signed, the wretched commune crushed.

Even if there were cows, they belonged to the commune and no one was allowed to slaughter them or consume them.

When from the ‘commune of air,’ from ‘the exquisite fabric of Silence,’

Today's commune members strive to reconcile communal responsibility with individual ambitions and aspirations.

“Our commune is the best ark for surviving disasters,” she said.

“I went there to study F. Scott Fitzgerald and Hemingway, and I moved in next door to a commune of heroin addicts,” Lawford says.

"The candle-sticks were looted during the commune," he began hurriedly.

The war of 1870, the commune, were but three years behind them.

If a peasant of Marosfalva had it it would do good to the commune.

“I grew up in a very special family, on a commune, and I loved it,” he says.