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communication definition

com·mu·ni·ca·tion (kə myo̵̅o̅′ni kā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. the act of transmitting
    1. a giving or exchanging of information, signals, or messages as by talk, gestures, or writing
    2. the information, signals, or message
  3. close, sympathetic relationship
  4. a means of communicating; specif.,
    1. a system for sending and receiving messages, as by telephone, telegraph, radio, etc.
    2. a system as of routes for moving troops and materiel
    3. a passage or way for getting from one place to another
    1. the art of expressing ideas, esp. in speech and writing
    2. the science of transmitting information, esp. in symbols

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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communication Synonyms

communication

n.

  1. The giving or exchanging of information

    speech, talk, utterance, announcement, revelation, conversation, discussion, dialogue, discourse, conference, contact, connection, communion, rapport, dissemination, conveyance, making known, imparting, informing, advisement, notification, acquainting, disclosing, discovering, telling, submitting, delivery, correspondence, disclosure, speaking, description, exposition, pronouncement, mention, presentation, interaction, interchange, intercourse, dealings, interface, expression, narration, relation, declaration, assertion, articulation, elucidation, transfer, transmission, spreading, telepathy, extrasensory perception, ESP, publication, writing, picturing, signaling, signing, broadcasting, passing on, getting across, translating, interpreting; see also conversation, speech 2. see also journal 2, news 2, report 1, 2.

    Antonyms concealment, censorship*, withholding. *

    Means of communication include: book, letter, electronic mail, E-mail, voice mail, newspaper, magazine, radio, proclamation, broadcast, dispatch, radio report, telecast, telephone call, telegram, facsimile, fax, cable, radiogram, broadside, circular, notes, memorandum, post card, picture post card, poster, billboard;

  2. Transmitted information

    message, news, ideas, announcement, statement, disclosure, utterance, speech, language, warning, revelation, prophecy, communiqué, briefing, bulletin, dispatch, excerpt, précis, summary, information, report, account, declaration, publicity, translation, (printed) work, advice, intelligence, tidings, conversation, converse, letter, note, fax.


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communication Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • facilitate: This may seem a strange statement, considering the ability of the computer to facilitate communication between students on opposite sides of the world.

Adjective modifier

  • electronic: These clauses will entirely undermine confidence in electronic communications.

Modifies a noun

  • skill: Drama also boosts the communication skills of students with special needs.

Noun used with modifier

  • wireless: This position forms part of cross-disciplinary teams on complex system level designs, such as wireless communications and medical imaging systems.
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communication quotes

And what the dead had no speech for, when living, They can tell you, being dead: the communication Of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.

-Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)

I've often thought I should like to have a set of postcards printed: 'Dear Sir or Madam,Thank you for your communication.Go to hell.Yours sincerely.'

-Elliott, Sir Claude Aurelius

Conversation is more often likely to be an attempt at deliberate evasion, deliberate confusion, rather than communication.We're all cheats and liars, really.

-Jones,James

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