community engagement

noun

UK /kəˈmjuː.nə.ti ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ.mənt/

US /kəˈmjuː.nə.ti ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ.mənt/

When people in a neighborhood join together to help and care for their area.

The park cleanup day was a great example of community engagement.

SYNONYMS

civic involvement public participation neighborhood involvement social participation

RELATED WORDS

volunteering neighborhood participation teamwork local action

OTHER MEANINGS

2. The work an organization does to connect with the people who live nearby.

The school's community engagement program invites families to open house nights.

3. Taking part in activities that make a town or group better.

Voting and joining town meetings are forms of community engagement.

4. Working with others to solve shared problems in a group.

Their community engagement helped fix the broken playground.