Definition of COMMUNICATION

communication

Meanings

Plural: communications

Noun

  • the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
    • "they could not act without official communication from Moscow"
  • something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
  • a connection allowing access between persons or places
    • "how many lines of communication can there be among four people?"
    • "a secret passageway provided communication between the two rooms"
  • The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
  • The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
  • A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
  • The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
  • An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
  • A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
  • A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
  • Association; company.
  • Participation in Holy Communion.
  • A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English comunicacioun, communicacion (“discussion, association”), from Old French communicacion, from Latin commūnicātiōnem, accusative singular of commūnicātiō (“imparting, communicating”), from commūnicō (“I share, I impart”).
Morphologically communicate + -ion.

Synonyms

communicating

Antonyms

anticommunication

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