communal

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Levine's blog, probably better described as a communal project, is the clearest evidence that we're headed in that direction.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to a commune.
  2. adjective Of or relating to a community.
  3. adjective Of, belonging to, or shared by the people of a community; public.
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  • Leaving the room, he moved into the communal area at the center of the house and found Tanara sitting on an old cushion, her brow furrowed with concentration. —  PRIESTESS OF THE WHITE
  • Life there is communal, active, sociable, gregarious, and full of pleasures. —  F ;SF; - vol 104 issue 02 - February 2003
  • School ($60), a study of the communal areas in which schoolchildren meet and interact. —  Culture | guardian.co.uk
  • The artists get a communal area that is guaranteed to attract people from far and wide, because nothing like this has ever been done before. —  Burningbird
  • This mine occupies indigenous, communal, and ejido land; historically other mines in the area were worked and shut down, it's a rich area. —  The Narco News Bulletin
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French, from Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis, common; see common.

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  1. = Greek communal-(in comp.)= Danish kommunal, from French communal = Provencal comunal = Spanish comunal = Italian comunale, from Middle Latin communalis, from communa, communia, a commune: see commune and common, n.
 

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/ˈkɑmjunəl/
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