communityduty

noun

UK /kəˈmjuːnəti ˈdjuːti/

US /kəˈmjuːnəti ˈduːti/

A job you do to help the people in your town or neighborhood.

Picking up litter in the park is a community duty that everyone can share.

SYNONYMS

civic duty public service social responsibility civic responsibility

RELATED WORDS

volunteering neighborhood citizenship service town

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A task assigned to a member of a group to keep things running well.

Each club member has a community duty, like setting up chairs before meetings.

3. The responsibility of people to take care of shared public spaces.

Keeping the playground clean is a community duty for all families.

4. Work done for the good of a local area rather than for payment.

She spends her weekends on community duty at the local food bank.