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verb

kə-ˈmyün How to pronounce commune (audio)
Definition of communenext
as in to relate
to form a close personal relationship after a week in the wilderness, the scouts were really starting to commune with nature

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noun

as in city

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Recent Examples of commune
Verb
Even so, in a digital world increasingly impacted by algorithms and all manner of AI, the allure of performers and music fans communing — live and in real time — cannot be underestimated. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2026 Williams views Leap Life—named after his leap-year birthday—as an attempt to commune with the dead, particularly in light of the ongoing devastation in Palestine, Sudan, Haiti, Congo, and Yemen. — Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 17 June 2026
Noun
Christian Bale and Sibi Blažić have a family vacation in Taormina, a commune in Sicily, Italy, on July 16. — People Staff, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026 The film tells the story of Rita (Coon), a woman in midlife haunted by the weight of her past, encounters magnetic young spiritual leader Ricki (James) and leaves her family to follow her to an all-female commune. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for commune
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commune
  1. relate
  2. city
  3. bond
  4. town
  5. click
  6. village
  7. hamlet
Verb
  • Real estate and related industries used to account for as much as 30% of GDP in China.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Pittsburgh Public Safety While no indication was made that the incidents are related in any way, Wednesday morning's shootings comes less than 24 hours after gunfire rang out inside a business along Frankstown Avenue in Homewood on Tuesday.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of relate
Noun
  • Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer said cities across California already have thousands of housing projects ready to move forward but lack the funding needed to build them.
    — Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Yermolaiev has lived in the glitzy city state on the Mediterranean coast for several years, having left Ukraine and renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2019 to become a citizen of Cyprus.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of city
Verb
  • The mop-haired actor plays Joey, a spunky boy onboard who bonds with Maddie over having absent parents in the military.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Global sell-off For government bonds, the yield is the interest rate the government pays to bond investors – or the government’s cost of borrowing money.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of bond
Noun
  • The last time the Dynamo came to town Thomas Müller made his debut for the Whitecaps in a 1-1 draw last season.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Her 10-week trial was held in a small town in rural Victoria that was inundated with media crews and curious members of the public who queued for hours each day for a seat in the public gallery.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of town
Verb
  • Aquarius January 20 – February 18 The team plan may finally click once the next step is clear.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
  • According to a Pew Research Center study, users clicked a traditional search result in only 8% of searches that showed an AI summary, roughly half the rate of searches without one.
    — Haozhuang Dai, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of click
Noun
  • Archaeologists unearthed Zosia, as the skeleton was nicknamed, from an unmarked burial site in 2022 near the village of Pień in northern Poland.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The rooms 76 hotel rooms and 65 residences are mixed together in houses that cluster to resemble an Algarvian village.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of village
Noun
  • There are nearly two dozen hamlets and villages to spend time in, each with its own personality.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Kuru had become so prevalent that in some hamlets there were three men for every woman.
    — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of hamlet

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