Added 9 October 2026
communication
/kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ noun
In Latin: commūnicātiō Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about communication at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
communication of smallpox
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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.
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A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications.
Origin
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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