communication

Academic Word List, sublist 4.

About 69.99 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.

   communication of smallpox

2. noun 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.

3. noun A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.

   Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications.

4. noun 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.

5. noun An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.

   The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email.

6. noun A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.

   A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.

7. noun A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
8. noun Association; company.

Similar words

communicating communicator note memorandum transmitted transmitting transmittal publicize message communique

Often followed by

with and between of is in to skills from

Word family

communicable communicate communicated communicates communicating communicational communications communicative communicatively in communication