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Community support

/kəˈmjuː.nə.ti səˈpɔːt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The assistance, resources, and emotional backing provided by a group of people living in the same place or sharing common interests.

    "The local charity relies heavily on community support to keep its doors open."
  2. 2

    A system of peer-driven help or crowdsourced troubleshooting within a user base or technological ecosystem.

    "Open-source software projects often depend entirely on community support for bug fixing and documentation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'community', deriving from the Latin 'communitas' meaning fellowship or public spirit, and 'support', from the Latin 'supportare' meaning to carry or sustain. It emerged into modern sociological and administrative lexicon during the 20th century to describe organized assistance networks within local populations.

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