communication
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
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”). Morphologically communicate + -ion.
Base: communicate
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: communications
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: communication of smallpox
communication of a secret
gloss: The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications.
gloss: The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The subpoena required that the company document their communication with the plaintiff.
gloss: An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email.
Argument […] and friendly communication.
gloss: A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.
The Euxine Sea is conveniently situated for trade, by the communication it has both with Asia and Europe.
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.
gloss: A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: ...and here a free communication had been established between the aorta and the vena cava.
gloss: Association; company.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: Evil communications corrupt good manners.
gloss: Participation in Holy Communion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: We admit them in the Church to a right of Communication to drink of the Cup of the Bloud of Christ.
gloss: A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".
pos: noun
tags: countable
rhetoric
uncountable
examples: 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
Related words: communicate
communicator
communion
Derived words: 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
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: kommunikaatio
lang: Finnish
word: yhteys
lang: French
word: communication
lang: German
word: Verbindung
lang: Italian
word: comunicazione
lang: Malay
word: komunikasi
lang: Portuguese
word: comunicação
lang: Portuguese
word: conexão
lang: Romanian
word: legătură
lang: Turkish
word: bağlantı