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