communication
//kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- communications
Definitions
1.The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
2.The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
- The node had established communication with the network, but had as yet sent no data.
- Some say that communication is a necessary prerequisite for sentience; others say that it is a result thereof.
3.A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
- 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.
- The subpoena required that the company document their communication with the plaintiff.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1299
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
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”).