communication

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of sharing information or ideas with others.

   Good communication is the key to a successful team.

2. 2
   noun

   A message or piece of information that is sent or exchanged.

   Surveillance was carried out by intercepting the spies' communications.

3. 3
   noun

   A way of sending messages or travelling between places.

   The storm cut off all communication with the island.

Inherited from Middle English comunicacioun, communicacion (“discussion, association”), from Old French communicacion, from Latin commūnicātiōnem, accusative singular of commūnicātiō (“imparting, communicating”), from commūnicō (“to share, to impart”). Morphologically communicate + -ion.

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