'Communication' definitions:
Definition of 'communication'
(from WordNet)
noun
The activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" [syn: communication, communicating]
noun
Something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
noun
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"
Definition of 'Communication'
From: GCIDE
- Communication \Com*mu`ni*ca"tion\ (k[o^]m*m[=u]`n[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. communicatio.]
- 1. The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Intercourse by words, letters, or messages; interchange of thoughts or opinions, by conference or other means; conference; correspondence. [1913 Webster]
- Argument . . . and friendly communication. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Association; company. [1913 Webster]
- Evil communications corrupt good manners. --1 Cor. xv. 33. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Means of communicating; means of passing from place to place; a connecting passage; connection. [1913 Webster]
- The Euxine Sea is conveniently situated for trade, by the communication it has both with Asia and Europe. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 5. That which is communicated or imparted; intelligence; news; a verbal or written message. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Participation in the Lord's supper. --Bp. Pearson. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Rhet.) A trope, by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says we, instead of I or you. --Beattie.
- Syn: Correspondence; conference; intercourse. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'communication'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- accommodation,
- accordance,
- account,
- acknowledgment,
- acquaintance,
- advice,
- agglomeration,
- agglutination,
- aggregation,
- aisle,
- alley,
- ambulatory,
- announcement,
- answer,
- aperture,
- arcade,
- artery,
- articulation,
- avenue,
- award,
- awarding,
- bestowal,
- bestowment,
- billet,
- blue book,
- bond,
- bracketing,
- briefing,
- bulletin,
- business letter,
- channel,
- chit,
- cloister,
- clustering,
- collegiality,
- colloquial discourse,
- colloquy,
- colonnade,
- combination,
- commerce,
- communion,
- communique,
- community,
- concatenation,
- concession,
- concourse,
- concurrence,
- conduction,
- conduit,
- conferment,
- conferral,
- confluence,
- congeries,
- conglomeration,
- congress,
- conjugation,
- conjunction,
- connection,
- contagion,
- contribution,
- convection,
- convergence,
- conversation,
- converse,
- conversing,
- copulation,
- corridor,
- coupling,
- covered way,
- data,
- datum,
- defile,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- deportation,
- diapedesis,
- diffusion,
- directory,
- discourse,
- dispatch,
- dissemination,
- donation,
- embassy,
- endowment,
- enlightenment,
- epistle,
- evidence,
- exchange,
- exit,
- export,
- exportation,
- express,
- expulsion,
- extradition,
- facts,
- factual information,
- familiarization,
- favor,
- fellowship,
- ferry,
- ford,
- furnishment,
- gallery,
- gathering,
- gen,
- general information,
- gifting,
- give-and-take,
- giving,
- grant,
- granting,
- guidebook,
- handout,
- hard information,
- hookup,
- impartation,
- impartment,
- import,
- importation,
- incidental information,
- info,
- information,
- inlet,
- instruction,
- intelligence,
- interchange,
- intercommunication,
- intercommunion,
- intercourse,
- interlinking,
- interlocution,
- intersection,
- investiture,
- joinder,
- joining,
- jointure,
- junction,
- knotting,
- knowledge,
- lane,
- letter,
- liaison,
- liberality,
- light,
- line,
- linkage,
- linking,
- marriage,
- meeting,
- mention,
- merger,
- merging,
- message,
- metastasis,
- metathesis,
- metempsychosis,
- migration,
- missive,
- mutual transfer,
- note,
- notice,
- notification,
- offer,
- opening,
- osmosis,
- outlet,
- overpass,
- pairing,
- pass,
- passage,
- passageway,
- passing over,
- perfusion,
- pneumatogram,
- portico,
- presentation,
- presentment,
- promotional material,
- proof,
- provision,
- publication,
- publicity,
- railroad tunnel,
- rapping,
- release,
- reply,
- report,
- rescript,
- sidelight,
- social activity,
- social intercourse,
- social relations,
- splice,
- spread,
- spreading,
- statement,
- subscription,
- supplying,
- surrender,
- symbiosis,
- telegram,
- the dope,
- the goods,
- the know,
- the scoop,
- tie,
- tie-in,
- tie-up,
- traject,
- trajet,
- transduction,
- transfer,
- transfer of property,
- transference,
- transfusion,
- transit,
- transition,
- translation,
- translocation,
- transmigration,
- transmigration of souls,
- transmission,
- transmittal,
- transmittance,
- transplacement,
- transplantation,
- transposal,
- transposition,
- travel,
- tunnel,
- underpass,
- unification,
- union,
- verbal intercourse,
- vouchsafement,
- white book,
- white paper,
- word,
- yoking
Words containing 'Communication'
- Communicability,
- Communicable,
- Communicableness,
- Communicably,
- Communicant,
- Communicate,
- Communicated,
- Communicating,
- Communicative,
- Communicativeness,
- Communicator,
- communicate with,
- communicational,
- communications,
- Confidential communication,
- Privileged communication,
- animal communication,
- anomalous communication,
- auditory communication,
- communicable disease,
- communicating artery,
- communication channel,
- communication equipment,
- communication system,
- communication theory,
- communication trench,
- communications intelligence,
- communications protocol,
- communications satellite,
- communications technology,
- data communication,
- digital communication,
- electronic communication,
- linguistic communication,
- oral communication,
- paralinguistic communication,
- phatic communication,
- psychic communication,
- psychical communication,
- speech communication,
- spoken communication,
- visual communication,
- voice communication,
- written communication,
- Self-communicative,
- communications security establishment,
- digital communications technology,
- federal communications commission,
- marital communications privilege,
- inter-group communication