communication

noun communications

1. countable, uncountable The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission. communication of smallpox
2. uncountable 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.
3. countable, uncountable A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication. Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications.
4. countable, uncountable 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.
5. countable, uncountable An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse. The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email.
6. countable, uncountable A passageway or opening between two locations; connection. A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.
7. countable, uncountable A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities. ...and here a free communication had been established between the aorta and the vena cava.
8. countable, obsolete, uncountable Association; company. Evil communications corrupt good manners.
9. countable, uncountable Participation in Holy Communion. We admit them in the Church to a right of Communication to drink of the Cup of the Bloud of Christ.
10. countable, rhetoric, uncountable A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you". Communication[…]takes place when a speaker or writer assumes his hearer or reader as a partner in his sentiments and discourse, saying We, instead of I or Ye.

Opposite: anticommunication