commune

Plural: communes

Noun

• the smallest administrative district of several European countries
• a body of people or families living together and sharing everything
• 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.
• A local political division in many European countries as well as their former colonies (such as Chile and Vietnam).
• The commonalty; the common people.
• Communion; sympathetic conversation between friends.
• A self-governing city or league of citizens.

Verb

Verb Forms: communed, communing, communes

• To communicate intimately, often spiritually.
• communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity
  • "He seemed to commune with nature"
• receive Communion, in the Catholic church
• To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
• To communicate (with) spiritually; to be together (with); to contemplate or absorb.
• To receive the communion.

Examples

• He spent a week in the backcountry, communing with nature.
• He would commune with his tiles, seeking a revelation for the perfect play.

Synonyms

communicate

Anagrams of commune