communication

English

/kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/

noun
Definitions
  • The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
  • (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
  • A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
  • The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
  • An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
  • A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
  • (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
  • (obsolete) Association; company.
  • Participation in Holy Communion.
  • (rhetoric) A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French communicacion derived from Latin commūnicātiōnem.

Origin

Latin

commūnicātiōnem

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