communication
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noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
communication of smallpox
communication of a secret
- 2.
(uncountable)The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
Some say that communication is a necessary prerequisite for sentience; others say that it is a result thereof.
The node had established communication with the network, but had as yet sent no data.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications.
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
The subpoena required that the company document their communication with the plaintiff.
- 5.
(countable, uncountable)An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email.
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(countable, uncountable)A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.
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(countable, uncountable)(anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
...and here a free communication had been established between the aorta and the vena cava.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Association; company.
- 9.
(countable, uncountable)Participation in Holy Communion.
- 10.
(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".
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Middle English comunicacioun, communicacion (discussion, association), from Old French communicacion, from Latin commūnicātiōnem, accusative singular of commūnicātiō (imparting, communicating), from commūnicō (to share, to impart). Morphologically communicate + -ion.