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      communication
      noun
      (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
      The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
      A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
      An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
      The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
      A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
      (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
      (rhetoric) A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".
      Participation in Holy Communion.
      (obsolete) Association; company.
      Roots
      munusmun- · Latin · duty, service
      Synonyms for communication
      intercommunicationntransmissionnliaisonntransmittalnconnectionnnotificationnintercoursen
      Words related to communication
      communicatingncommunicationaladjcommunicatoryadjcommunicatesvmiscommunicationncommunicativeadjcommunicatedvtelecommunicationncommunicatornmessagingnaphorizevintercommunicatevradiocommunicationnkinesicsnmarconigraphtelephonesncommunicativelyadvinternuncialradiotelephonennonverbaladjradiotelephonyncommunicativenessncontactingvcommunicabilitynmessagesntelephonicadjradiotelephonicadjtransmittingnwirelessadjconnectivityn

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