Other forms: communes; communing; communed
A commune is a group living situation where people share everything. Communes were popular with the peace-loving hippies of the 1960s.
In Europe, a commune is a small administrative district. But in America, it's a way of life. A bunch of people with similar beliefs might all decide to get a big house and live communally, sharing the cooking, bills, and everything else. You can also commune with something, like nature: that means to be in tune with nature and very receptive to it. To commune can also mean to receive the Catholic communion.
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communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity“He seemed to commune with nature”types:prayaddress a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayertype of:
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receive Communion, in the Catholic churchsynonyms: communicatecommunicateadminister Communion; in churchtype of:covenantenter into a covenant or formal agreement
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a body of people or families living together and sharing everything
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the smallest administrative district of several European countriestype of:administrative district, administrative division, territorial divisiona district defined for administrative purposes
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