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- pronunciation:
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Communication is the giving of messages, information, or ideas to other people.
沟通
The telephone is used for communication.- similar words:
- announcement, conversation, expression, language, message, transfer
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bulletin, contact, conversation, language, leak, letter, mail, notice, talk, touch |
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some categories of communication |
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electronic, oral, silent, spoken, written |
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some descriptions of communication |
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brief, clear, difficult, direct, interrupted, long, precise, rapid |
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some examples of communication |
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bulletin, call, conference, conversation, debate, discussion, drawing, gesture, graph, letter, meeting, note, notice, painting, photograph, play, speech |
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some kinds of communication |
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advertise, advise, contact, describe, 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, artist, audience, journalist, playwright, reporter, salesperson, speaker, teacher, writer |
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some things negatively associated with communication |
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gossip, leak, lie |
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some things used in communication |
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code, language, signal, symbol, technology, touch, voice |
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some tools of communication |
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camera, computer, film, loudspeaker, microphone, newspaper, radio, tape, telephone, television |
The word communication
contains the following part:
-ation
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ation
is a compound of -ate1 + -ion. It turns verbs ending in -ate into nouns (decorate/ decoration
). Not all nouns with this suffix, however, have a corresponding verb ending in -ate (information
, alteration).
Example words:
accusation, admiration, agitation, celebration, combination, communication, conversation, coronation, decoration, education, equation, imitation, information, irrigation, irritation, location, pronunciation, reservation, separation, transformation, translation, creation, elevation, discrimination, immigration, evaporation, vacation
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