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/ˈkɒmjuːn/ · noun
A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community..
The town of Chu-chou in Hunan Province, carrying out the great directive of Chairman Mao that "educated youths must go to the villages," has put into practice factory-commune links, and under the leadership of cadres, has made a collective settlement of educated youths in commune and brigade farms, forest areas, and tea plantations.
For days of happy commune dead.
In 1117 the commune and archbishop had separate consuls at Milan.
I would commune with you of such things / That want no ear but yours.
He spent a week in the backcountry, communing with nature.
Namely, in these things, in prohibiting that none should commune alone, in making the People whole Communers, or in suffering them to Commune under both kinds […]
Use commune when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Commune means A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community..
Common synonyms include communicate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The town of Chu-chou in Hunan Province, carrying out the great directive of Chairman Mao that "educated youths must go to the villages," has put into practice factory-commune links, and under the leadership of cadres, has made a collective settlement of educated youths in commune and brigade farms, forest areas, and tea plantations.
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