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COMMUNICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("communication" is a kind of...):
abstract entity; abstraction (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "communication"):
document (a written account of ownership or obligation)
voice (something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression)
anomalous communication; psychic communication; psychical communication (communication by paranormal means)
phonation; vocalisation; vocalism; vocalization; voice; vox (the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract)
auditory communication (communication that relies on hearing)
paralanguage; paralinguistic communication (the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings)
expressive style; style (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period)
display (exhibiting openly in public view)
visual communication (communication that relies on vision)
publication (the communication of something to the public; making information generally known)
message (a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled)
contagion; infection (the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people)
language; linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)
black and white; written communication; written language (communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten))
content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)
didacticism (communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive)
sign; signal; signaling (any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message)
sign (a public display of a message)
indicant; indication (something that serves to indicate or suggest)
Derivation:
communicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
communicate (transmit information)
communicate (receive Communion, in the Catholic church)
communicate (administer Communion; in church)
communicate (be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas)
communicate (transfer to another)
communicational (used in communication)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
Example:
they could not act without official communication from Moscow
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("communication" is a kind of...):
act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "communication"):
traffic (the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time)
contact; touch (a communicative interaction)
expostulation; objection; remonstrance; remonstration (the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest)
dissuasion (persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action)
persuasion; suasion (the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action)
exam; examination; test (a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge)
expression; verbal expression; verbalism (the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions)
exhortation (a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action)
discourse; discussion; treatment (an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic)
dramatic art; dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre (the art of writing and producing plays)
mail; mail service; post; postal service (the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office)
channel; communication channel; line ((often plural) a means of communication or access)
medium (an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication)
intercommunication (mutual communication; communication with each other)
transmission (communication by means of transmitted signals)
Derivation:
communicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
communicate (transmit information)
communicate (be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas)
communicational (used in communication)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A connection allowing access between persons or places
Example:
a secret passageway provided communication between the two rooms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("communication" is a kind of...):
connectedness; connection; connexion (a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it))
Derivation:
communicate (transmit information)
communicate (join or connect)
Context examples:
It results in damage to nerve fibers, disrupting communication between the brain and the body.
(Immune System Reset May Halt Multiple Sclerosis Progression, NIH)
Acidic fibroblast growth factor intracellular binding protein (364 aa, 42 kD) is a cell communication process protein that is encoded by the human FIBP gene and has a role in signal transduction and B-cell activation.
(Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor Intracellular Binding Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in biosynthesis, cell differentiation and intercellular communication.
(ALDH1A2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
There was a remarkable degree of communication between the two types of stem cell: in a sense, the cells were telling each other where in the embryo to place themselves.
(Scientists generate key life event in artificial mouse ‘embryo’ created from stem cells, University of Cambridge)
This is a little over one tenth the distance to the Moon and just above the orbital altitude of communications satellites.
(Asteroid Tracking Network Observes Close Approach, NASA)
The asteroid will pass below Earth and the geosynchronous ring of communications and weather satellites orbiting about 36,000 kilometers above our planet's surface.
(Small Asteroid to Safely Pass Close to Earth Sunday, NASA)
MS is an unpredictable disease of the central nervous system that disrupts communication between the brain and other parts of the body.
(Vitamin D Levels Predict Multiple Sclerosis Progression, NIH)
It would flutter and live till the last line of communication was broken, and after that who was to say how much longer it might continue to flutter and live?
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
She would like advice, but is not sure that the matter is not too delicate for communication.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He, too, put me at once in communication with the proper officials, and I saw that their tally was correct with the original invoice.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
