communication

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noun

1. the activity of communicating;
the activity of conveying information (Freq. 26)
- they could not act without official communication from Moscow
• Syn:
communicating
• Derivationally related forms:
communicate (for: communicating), communicational, communicate
• Hypernyms:
act, deed, human action, human activity
• Hyponyms:
transmission, intercommunication, medium, channel, communication channel,
line, mail, mail service, postal service, post, dramaturgy,
dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre, discussion, treatment,
discourse, exhortation, expression, verbal expression, verbalism, examination,
exam, test, persuasion, suasion, dissuasion, expostulation,
remonstrance, remonstration, objection, contact, touch, traffic
2. something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups (Freq. 9)
• Derivationally related forms:
communicational, communicate
• Hypernyms:
abstraction, abstract entity
• Hyponyms:
publication, message, contagion, infection, language,
linguistic communication, written communication, written language, black and white, content, subject matter,
substance, didacticism, signal, signaling, sign, indication,
indicant, visual communication, display, expressive style, style, paralanguage,
paralinguistic communication, auditory communication, voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism,
phonation, vox, psychic communication, psychical communication, anomalous communication, document
3. a connection allowing access between persons or places (Freq. 1)
- how many lines of communication can there be among four people?
- a secret passageway provided communication between the two rooms
• Derivationally related forms:
communicate
• Hypernyms:
connection, connexion, connectedness