# communication
## English
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle English communicacion, from Old French communicacion, from Latin commūnicātiōnem, accusative singular of commūnicātiō (“imparting, communicating”), from commūnicō (“I share, I impart”). Morphologically communicate +‎ -ion.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: com‧mu‧ni‧ca‧tion
* Rhymes: -eɪʃən

### Noun

communication (countable and uncountable, plural communications)
* The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
    communication of smallpox
    communication of a secret
* (uncountable) 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.
    The node had established communication with the network, but had as yet sent no data.
* A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
    Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications.
* 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.
* An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
    The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email.
** 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:Argument […] and friendly communication.
* A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
    A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.
** 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations:The Euxine Sea is conveniently situated for trade, by the communication it has both with Asia and Europe.
** 1900, Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications, page 75:This communication between the tank and pump is controlled by a float valve in the tanks and a cock in the pipe, while a poppet valve prevents the undrawn liquor going into the waste tank.
* (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
** 1855, William Stokes, The Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta Page 617
    ...and here a free communication had been established between the aorta and the vena cava.
* (obsolete) Association; company.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Bible Corinthians/#15 1 Corinthians:15–33:Evil communications corrupt good manners.
* Participation in Holy Communion.
** 1672, William Cave, Primitive Christianity:We admit them in the Church to a right of Communication to drink of the Cup of the Bloud of Christ.
* (rhetoric) A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".
** 1798, James Beattie, Elements of Moral Science:Communication […] takes place when a speaker or writer assumes his hearer or reader as a partner in his sentiments and discourse, saying We, instead of I or Ye.

#### Antonyms

* anticommunication

#### Hyponyms

* bi-directional communication
* confidential communication
* interprocess communication
* miscommunication
* network communication
* noncommunication
* one-directional communication
* privileged communication
* telecommunication

#### Derived terms

* biocommunication
* chemocommunication
* commognition
* communication accommodation theory
* communicational
* communication board
* communication cord
* communication disorder
* communication engineering
* communication mix
* communications
* communications satellite
* communication studies
* communicology
* computer-mediated communication
* cross-cultural communication
* cybercommunication
* e-communication
* electrocommunication
* electronic communication
* excommunication
* ex-communication
* exocommunication
* facilitated communication
* intercommunication
* inter-process communication
* line of communication
* malcommunication
* masscom
* mass communication
* metacommunication
* meta-communication
* near field communication
* no-communication theorem
* nonverbal communication
* overcommunication
* PC communication
* power-line communication
* power line communication
* radiocommunication
* recommunication
* record communication
* semicommunication
* space communication
* spirit communication
* spread spectrum communication
* transcommunication
* two-way communication
* uncommunication
* undercommunication
* verbal communication

#### Related terms

* communicate
* communicator
* communion

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: コミュニケーション (komyunikēshon)

#### Translations

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### References

* “communication”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* communication in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
* "communication" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 72.
* “communication”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

### Further reading

* communication on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## French
### Alternative forms

* communicaison

### Etymology

Inherited from Old French communicacion, borrowed from Latin commūnicātiōnem (“sharing, communication”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ.my.ni.ka.sjɔ̃/
* Audio; “une communication”:(file)

### Noun

communication f (plural communications)
* communication

#### Derived terms

* chargé de communication
* voie de communication

#### Related terms

* communiquer

### Further reading

* “communication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.