Communication
[kəmjuːnɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] or [kə,mjunɪ'keʃən]
Definition
(noun.) something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups.
(noun.) the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; 'they could not act without official communication from Moscow'.
(noun.) a connection allowing access between persons or places; 'how many lines of communication can there be among four people?'; 'a secret passageway provided communication between the two rooms'.
Checker: Roy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.
(n.) Intercourse by words, letters, or messages; interchange of thoughts or opinions, by conference or other means; conference; correspondence.
(n.) Association; company.
(n.) Means of communicating; means of passing from place to place; a connecting passage; connection.
(n.) That which is communicated or imparted; intelligence; news; a verbal or written message.
(n.) Participation in the Lord's supper.
(n.) A trope, by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says we, instead of I or you.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Imparting, giving.[2]. Intercourse, conversation, conference, commerce.[3]. Connection (by a passage).
Typist: Nigel
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See INTERCOURSE]
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Examples
- It was not, however, till the invention of telegraphs that anything approaching to the means of holding regular communication by signals was attained. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Sherman responded to this attack on his lines of communication by directing one upon theirs. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He received the communication with perfect calmness, and acquiesced in its propriety. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- If Mr. Hartright returns to England, hold no communication with him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- All these troops are subject to your orders as you come in communication with them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Left the house early this morning, without the slightest previous communication with me,' replied Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The group that stood in various attitudes, after this communication, were worthy of a painter. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I occupy my own rooms, and have held scarcely any communication with them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- That Golz should be in such obvious communication with the fascists. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The little man took another pinch of snuff as he made this communication, and nodded mysteriously to Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In what state the affair stood at present between them, Edward knew not, for no communication with any of his family had yet been attempted by him. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- It has now been adopted by a great many business organizations as a convenient means of inter-communication. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This dreadful communication could not be kept from the rest of the family. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He said he was in full communication with his department and was receiving supplies constantly. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Tars Tarkas was to get into communication with Thark and learn the sentiments of his people toward his return from Dor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- To these communications Peggotty replied as promptly, if not as concisely, as a merchant's clerk. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- That being the terminus of his railroad communications, it is probable he was directed to remain there awaiting orders. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He was making no great roads, setting up no sure sea communications. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By this, however, the enemy was defeated in his designs upon Sherman's line of communications. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If I thought you one whit like Madame Ginevra, I would not sit here waiting for your communications. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The communications were renewed from day to day: they always ran on the same theme--herself, her loves, and woes. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- All over the oceans there was the same reduction in the time and the same increase in the certainty of human communications. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She was a great talker upon little matters, which exactly suited Mr. Woodhouse, full of trivial communications and harmless gossip. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I was thrown into a most painful state of uncertainty by these communications. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I then had no fears for my communications, and if I moved quickly enough could turn upon Pemberton before he could attack me in the rear. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Indeed, Mr. Casaubon was not used to expect that he should have to repeat or revise his communications of a practical or personal kind. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She refused to read any communications from Greece, desiring me only to mention when any arrived, and whether the wanderers were well. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- At length a drawing came, with an address where communications might be sent, and no artist's name affixed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Buell was marching through a hostile region and had to have his communications thoroughly guarded back to a base of supplies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Burnside had been cut off from telegraphic communications. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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