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Gesellschaft — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • community noun A group of people who live in the same area, or who share interests, background, or identity.
  • company noun A business organization that sells goods or provides services.
  • consortium noun A group of businesses, organisations, or investors working together on a shared venture.
  • society noun A large group of people who share a culture, laws, and way of life, typically within a country or region.

Senses

Gesellschaft is used for these senses in English:

  • company (military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
  • company (legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
  • consortium An association or society.
  • society (countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.

community — full definition

  1. noun A group of people who live in the same area, or who share interests, background, or identity.
  2. noun A group of living organisms interacting within the same environment.

company — full definition

  1. noun A business organization that sells goods or provides services.
  2. noun The presence of other people, especially as companionship.
  3. noun A group of people who perform together, such as actors or dancers.

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