the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order
a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)
a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose; "they were a winning combination"
a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock; "he forgot the combination to the safe"
(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"
a group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common; "the Christian community of the apostolic age"; "he was well known throughout the Catholic community"
a group of nations having common interests; "they hoped to join the NATO community"
common ownership; "they shared a community of possessions"
agreement as to goals; "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests"
a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
(law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record; "a stipulation of fact was made in order to avoid delay"
a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism