Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of communicating; transmission.
- noun The exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, signals, writing, or behavior.
- noun Interpersonal rapport.
- noun The art and technique of using words effectively to impart information or ideas.
- noun The field of study concerned with the transmission of information by various means, such as print or broadcasting.
- noun Any of various professions involved with the transmission of information, such as advertising, broadcasting, or journalism.
- noun Something communicated; a message.
- noun A means of communicating, especially.
- noun A system, such as mail, telephone, or television, for sending and receiving messages.
- noun A network of routes for sending messages and transporting troops and supplies.
- noun The technology employed in transmitting messages.
- noun Biology The transfer of information from one molecule, cell, or organism to another, as by chemical or electrical signals or by behaviors.
- noun An opening or connecting passage between two structures.
- noun A joining or connecting of solid fibrous structures, such as tendons and nerves.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of communicating.
- noun An act done in common with others; a joint transaction.
- noun The act of imparting, conferring, or bestowing: as, the communication of secrets.
- noun The act of sharing or participating.
- noun Participation in the sacrament of the Lord's supper.
- noun Interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech or writing.
- noun Association; companionship; intercourse.
- noun Means of communicating; the way and the means of passing from place to place, as a strait or channel between seas or lakes, a road between cities or settlements, a gallery between apartments in a house or a fortification, the route by which an army communicates with its base of operations, etc.
- noun That which is communicated or imparted; information or intelligence imparted by speech or writing; a document or message imparting information.
- noun In rhetoric, a figure by which a speaker or writer represents his hearer or reader as participating in his sentiments, by the use of the pronoun we instead of I or you.
- noun A communication between such persons or under such circumstances that it is not a matter of right to prove it as an admission by calling the receiver of it as a witness. Also called
confidential communication .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or fact of communicating.
- noun Intercourse by words, letters, or messages; interchange of thoughts or opinions, by conference or other means; conference; correspondence.
- noun Association; company.
- noun Means of communicating; means of passing from place to place; a connecting passage; connection.
- noun That which is communicated or imparted; intelligence; news; a verbal or written message.
- noun Participation in the Lord's supper.
- noun (Rhet.) A trope, by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says
we , instead ofI oryou .
from , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The concept or state of
exchanging information between entities. - noun The
potential forinformation exchange . - noun A
message ; the essentialdata transferred in an act of communication. - noun The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
- noun An instance of information transfer; a
conversation ordiscourse . - noun A
passageway oropening between two locations. - noun anatomy A
connection between twotissues ,organs , orcavities .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
- noun something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
- noun a connection allowing access between persons or places
Etymologies
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Examples
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Such human or animal communication, if communication it may be called, as is brought about 🦂by involuntary, instinctive cries is not, in our sense, language at all.
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I believe that Email, Twitter, and other forms of electronic communication is a tremendous help in communication, but nothing beats “🍌print” form.
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And the mark of redundancy in communication is familiarity.
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And the mark of redundancy in communication is familiarity.
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The two Generals had been in communication from the 7th as to the terms.
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Communication The term communication is deriv💛ed from original Latin word "Communis" which means comm♎on.
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At CES, we saw that companies that are not allowing for the creating, connecting, interacting, and sharing, what I call the "communication age elements," are 🌌the ones that are not doing well.
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Enhancing our communication is a lifelong process.
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JB It was McLuhan who turned me on to The Mathematical Theory of Communication, the book by Bell Labs scientists Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver that began: The word 'communication' will be used here in a very b🌄road sense to include all of the procedur🌄es by which one mind may affect another.
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At CES, we saw that companies that are not allowing for the creating, connecting, interacting, and sharing, what I call the "communication age element⛄s," are the ones that are not doi⛎ng well.
oroboros commented on the word communication
“The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has ꧑been accomplished.�?– George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
August 28, 2007