communication
/kəˌmju.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ noun A2- The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission. · communication of smallpox· communication of a secret
- The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities. · Some say that communication is a necessary prerequisite for sentience; others say that it is a result thereof.· The node had established communication with the network, but had as yet sent no data.
- A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication. · Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications.
- The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication. · The subpoena required that the company document their communication with the plaintiff.
- An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse. · The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email.
- A passageway or opening between two locations; connection. · A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.
- A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
- Participation in Holy Communion.
Plural communications
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Still Dantès could not view without a shudder the approach of a gendarme who accompanied the officers deputed to demand his bill of health ere the yacht was permitted to hold communication with the shore; but with that perfect self-possession he had acquired during his acquaintance with Faria, Dantès coolly presented an English passport he had obtained from Leghorn, and as this gave him a standing which a French passport would not have afforded, he was informed that there existed no obstacle to his immediate debarkation.
Gardiner’s curiosity; it was not their wish to force her communication.
I receive an anonymous communication from a quarter which I know to be important, warning me that danger threatens a certain person.
Without having been in the school of the Abbé Faria, the worthy master of La Jeune Amélie (the name of the Genoese tartan) knew a smattering of all the tongues spoken on the shores of that large lake called the Mediterranean, from the Arabic to the Provençal, and this, while it spared him interpreters, persons always troublesome and frequently indiscreet, gave him great facilities of communication, either with the vessels he met at sea, with the small boats sailing along the coast, or with the people without name, country, or occupation, who are always seen on the quays of seaports, and who live by hidden and mysterious means which we must suppose to be a direct gift of Providence, as they have no visible means of support.
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