often attributive
1
a
: a settlement usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town
b
: an incorporated minor municipality
2
: the residents of a village
3
: something (such as an aggregation of burrows or nests) suggesting a village
4
: a territorial area having the status of a village especially as a unit of local government
Examples of village in a Sentence
Entire villages come to see the parade.
we stayed in a charming bed-and-breakfast in a lakeside village
Recent Examples on the Web
But in a village, everybody knows and cares about you.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
The period saw soldiers and paramilitary forces execute Mayan authorities; tens of thousands of people were forcibly disappeared, and entire villages were burned to the ground.
—Tara John, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
Location Manoir Hovey is located a mere 30-minute drive from the U.S.-Canadian border in North Hatley, a peaceful lakeside village among the country’s Eastern Townships.
—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2024
There was also an extended look at a nighttime raid of the village, one with a high body count, as well as a glimpse of Kevin Durand as Proximus Caesar, an ambitious bonobo monarch who serves as the movie’s main antagonist.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
The village, one of the venues at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, said the mauled sheep was found in the early morning hours on Tuesday.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2024
The Community Center is run together by the village of Menomonee Falls and the Menomonee Falls School District.
—Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
Instead, 17th-century Japan was recreated near Vancouver, Canada, with 30 acres of a studio lot transformed into villages, forests and fields while 300,000 square feet of stages were used for castle sets and painstakingly detailed interiors.
—Jason Rossi, The Enquirer, 10 Apr. 2024
Mariana and Samuel join other aspiring young professionals in a chic-back-to-the-woods village outside Barcelona, to give the best to their young children.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
The period saw soldiers and paramilitary forces execute Mayan authorities; tens of thousands of people were forcibly disappeared, and entire villages were burned to the ground.
—Tara John, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
Location Manoir Hovey is located a mere 30-minute drive from the U.S.-Canadian border in North Hatley, a peaceful lakeside village among the country’s Eastern Townships.
—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2024
There was also an extended look at a nighttime raid of the village, one with a high body count, as well as a glimpse of Kevin Durand as Proximus Caesar, an ambitious bonobo monarch who serves as the movie’s main antagonist.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
The village, one of the venues at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, said the mauled sheep was found in the early morning hours on Tuesday.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2024
The Community Center is run together by the village of Menomonee Falls and the Menomonee Falls School District.
—Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
Instead, 17th-century Japan was recreated near Vancouver, Canada, with 30 acres of a studio lot transformed into villages, forests and fields while 300,000 square feet of stages were used for castle sets and painstakingly detailed interiors.
—Jason Rossi, The Enquirer, 10 Apr. 2024
Mariana and Samuel join other aspiring young professionals in a chic-back-to-the-woods village outside Barcelona, to give the best to their young children.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Village.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/village. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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village
noun
vil·lage
ˈvil-ij 
1
: a place somewhat smaller than a town
2
: the people living in a village
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