The noun community has 8 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (67) community -- (a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community")
2. (8) community -- (a group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common; "the Christian community of the apostolic age"; "he was well known throughout the Catholic community")
3. (4) community -- (common ownership; "they shared a community of possessions")
4. (2) community -- (a group of nations having common interests; "they hoped to join the NATO community")
5. (2) profession, community -- (the body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread rapidly through the medical community")
6. (1) community, community of interests -- (agreement as to goals; "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests")
7. residential district, residential area, community -- (a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences)
8. community, biotic community -- ((ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other)