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- pronunciation:
- k
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- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the sharing or exchange of messages, information, or ideas.
Sign language is a form of communication used by deaf people.- synonyms:
- information, transmission
- similar words:
- announcement, conversation, expression, language, message, transfer
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| definition 2: |
a message.
Her communication said she would arrive by tonight.- similar words:
- announcement, dispatch, report
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| definition 3: |
(plural) means of sending messages, such as telephone, radio, and television.
The storm shut down all communications.- similar words:
- transmission
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| related words: |
bulletin, contact, conversation, language, leak, letter, mail, notice, talk, touch, word |
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some categories of communication |
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audible, electronic, oral, silent, spoken, written |
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some descriptions of communication |
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brief, clear, confidential, difficult, direct, indirect, interrupted, long, long distance, mass, mutual, one-sided, precise, rapid, wordy |
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some examples of communication |
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bulletin, call, conference, conversation, debate, discussion, drawing, gesture, graph, leaflet, letter, meeting, message, note, notice, painting, pamphlet, photograph, play, speech, telegraph, transmission |
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some kinds of communication |
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advertise, advise, contact, describe, enlighten, express, inform, invite, persuade, promote, reveal, share, speak, talk, teach, tell |
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some people associated with communication |
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actor, announcer, artist, audience, commentator, editor, journalist, narrator, operator, playwright, reporter, salesperson, speaker, teacher, writer |
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some things negatively associated with communication |
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gossip, leak, lie, propaganda |
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some things used in communication |
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art, code, language, mass media, signal, symbol, technology, touch, voice |
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some tools of communication |
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camera, computer, disc, fax, film, intercom, interface, loudspeaker, microphone, modem, newspaper, radio, tape, telephone, television, transmitter |
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