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communication.

The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.

13 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/Received-Pronunciation/kəˌmju.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/Canada, General-American/kəˌmjʉː.nɪˈkæɪ.ʃən/Australia/kəˌmjʉː.nəˈkæɪ.ʃən/New-Zealand
  1. The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.

    uncountable
    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. A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.

    countable · uncountable
    Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications.
  4. The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.

    countable · uncountable
    The subpoena required that the company document their communication with the plaintiff.
  5. An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.

    countable · uncountable
    The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email.
  6. A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.

    countable · uncountable
    A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.
  7. A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.

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  8. Association; company.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  9. Participation in Holy Communion.

    countable · uncountable
  10. A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".

    countable · rhetoric · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from 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.

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