commune
To converse together with sympathy and confidenceTo converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
» The commune distributed the food fairly.
Die Kommune verteilte das Essen gerecht. — Yorwba
Коммуна раздала еду справедливо. — esperu
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3 sensesTo converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
(intransitive)To communicate (with) spiritually; to be together (with); to contemplate or absorb.
He spent a week in the backcountry, communing with nature.
(intransitive)To receive the communion.
receive Communion, in the Catholic church
Examples
23 sentencesThe commune distributed the food fairly.
ruКоммуна раздала еду справедливо. — esperu
deDie Kommune verteilte das Essen gerecht. — Yorwba
Tom lives in a hippie commune.
ruТом живёт в коммуне у хиппи. — alik_farber
deTom lebt in eine Hippie-Kommune. — al_ex_an_der
This is a very friendly commune.
Tom lives in a commune with hippies.
ruТом живёт в коммуне у хиппи. — alik_farber
deTom lebt in eine Hippie-Kommune. — al_ex_an_der
Tom and Mary lived in a commune.
Origin
From Middle English communen, comunen, from Old French comuner (formed from comun (“commonFrom Middle English communen, comunen, from Old French comuner (formed from comun (“common”)) and comunier (“to share”) (from Latin commūnico). Doublet of communicate.
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Forms
communes, communing, communed, communedSynonyms
1 synonyms- receive Communion, in the Catholic church:communicate
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle