communication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃn̩/
note: Indic
ipa: /kəmˈjunɪkeʃən/
note: Indic
ipa: /kəm(jʊ)nɪˈkeʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: communications
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English comunicacioun, communicacion (“discussion, association”), from Old French communicacion, from Latin commūnicātiōnem, accusative singular of commūnicātiō (“imparting, communicating”), from commūnicō (“I share, I impart”). Morphologically communicate + -ion.
Senses: examples: communication of smallpox
communication of a secret
glosses: The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
examples: text: Some say that communication is a necessary prerequisite for sentience; others say that it is a result thereof.
text: The node had established communication with the network, but had as yet sent no data.
glosses: The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
examples: text: Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications.
glosses: A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
examples: text: The subpoena required that the company document their communication with the plaintiff.
glosses: The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
examples: text: The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email.
text: Argument […] and friendly communication.
ref: 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]:
glosses: An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
examples: text: A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.
text: The Euxine Sea is conveniently situated for trade, by the communication it has both with Asia and Europe.
ref: 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations:
text: 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.
ref: 1900, Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications, page 75:
glosses: A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
examples: text: ...and here a free communication had been established between the aorta and the vena cava.
ref: 1855, William Stokes, The Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta Page 617
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
examples: text: Evil communications corrupt good manners.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Bible Corinthians/#15 1 Corinthians:15–33:
glosses: Association; company.
examples: text: We admit them in the Church to a right of Communication to drink of the Cup of the Bloud of Christ.
ref: 1672, William Cave, Primitive Christianity:
glosses: Participation in Holy Communion.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1798, James Beattie, Elements of Moral Science:
glosses: A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".
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
communication theory
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