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communication

  • noun
  • com·mu·ni·ca·tion
  • /kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.

Other meanings

  1. 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.”

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

    “Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications.”

Example sentences

  • “Trust is the foundation of effective communication.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
  • “Cat communication is subtle.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "commūnicātiōnem".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “communication” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.