communal

/'kɔmjunl/

Thân thiện

The family shares a communal meal at the long wooden table.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to or used by a community or group of people: Describes something that is shared, collective, or common to a group, rather than owned or used by a single individual.
   • Involving the participation of a community: Pertaining to activities, resources, or responsibilities that are managed or undertaken by a group collectively.
   • Pertaining to a commune or communal living: Specifically relating to a lifestyle or settlement where property and responsibilities are shared among members.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The apartment building has a communal garden for all residents to enjoy.
  • They made a communal decision to postpone the meeting until next week.
  • The village's communal well was the primary water source for centuries.

Advanced Usage

• "Communal living": A lifestyle where a group of people, often not part of a single family, share living space, resources, and responsibilities.

  • After college, they experimented with communal living in a large house in the countryside.

• "Communal violence/tension": Conflict or strife between different communities, often based on ethnic, religious, or social divisions.

  • The government worked to ease communal tensions following the controversial election.

Variants and Related Words

• Communally (adverb): In a shared or collective manner.

  • The land is owned communally by the villagers.

• Communalism (noun): A social or political system that emphasizes the interests of a particular community or communities; also, the principle of communal living.

  • The political party was accused of promoting communalism over national unity.

Synonyms

• Collective: Done by or belonging to a group of people as a whole.
• Shared: Used, held, or experienced jointly with another or others.
• Common: Belonging to or affecting the whole of a community.

Antonyms

• Individual: Of or for a particular person; single.
• Private: Belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group only.
• Personal: Of or concerning one's private life, relationships, and emotions.

Related Phrases

• Communal property: Land, buildings, or resources owned and managed by a community.

  • The park is considered communal property and is maintained by the town.

• Communal effort/work: A task or project accomplished through the cooperative work of a group.

  • Restoring the historic bridge was a communal effort that brought the town together.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. relating to a small administrative district or community
   • communal elections in several European countries
2. for or by a group rather than individuals
   • dipping each his bread into a communal dish of stew- Paul Roche
   • a communal settlement in which all earnings and food were shared
   • a group effort