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4 definitions • 8 examples
1
a
group
of
houses
and other
buildings
that is
smaller
than a
town
,
usually
in the
countryside
:
Examples:
a
fishing
village
a
mountain
village
a
village
shop
a
village
green
(= an
area
of
grass
in the
middle
of a
village
)
Many people come from the outlying/
surrounding
villages to work in the
town
.
2
all the people who live in a
village
:
Examples:
The
village
is/are
campaigning
for a by-pass to be
built
.
3
a
group
of
houses
,
stores
, and other
buildings
which is
smaller
than a
town
:
Examples:
We live just outside the
village
of Larchmont.
4
A
village
is also the people who live in a
village
:
Examples:
The whole
village
came out for the
parade
.
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