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
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Four people were killed after a vehicle crashed into an after-school camp in a small Illinois village on Monday, according to local officials.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
For months, the drama happening elsewhere in the country had imposed itself on set: First the rapid-fire disintegration of the ruling regime in December; then, in March, a spate of sectarian massacres in villages just a few dozen miles away from Kasheesh.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
In the village, Ayyub stopped the car to chat with locals.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
The blasts, which set fire to more than 100,000 tons of shells, rockets and advanced equipment in the 51st Russian Main Missile and Artillery Directorate Arsenal’s depot, caused evacuations in surrounding villages.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
For months, the drama happening elsewhere in the country had imposed itself on set: First the rapid-fire disintegration of the ruling regime in December; then, in March, a spate of sectarian massacres in villages just a few dozen miles away from Kasheesh.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
In the village, Ayyub stopped the car to chat with locals.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
The blasts, which set fire to more than 100,000 tons of shells, rockets and advanced equipment in the 51st Russian Main Missile and Artillery Directorate Arsenal’s depot, caused evacuations in surrounding villages.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Village.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/village. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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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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