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noun

Communication n.

The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

Intercourse by words, letters, or messages; interchange of thoughts or opinions, by conference or other means; conference; correspondence. "Argument... and friendly communication."

Association; company. "Evil communications corrupt good manners."

Means of communicating; means of passing from place to place; a connecting passage; connection. "The Euxine Sea is conveniently situated for trade, by the communication it has both with Asia and Europe."

That which is communicated or imparted; intelligence; news; a verbal or written message.

Participation in the Lord's supper.

(Rhet.) A trope, by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says we, instead of I or you.

Synonyms: Correspondence; conference; intercourse.

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"Communication" Quotes from Famous Books

... was at present seeing Kara daily at the Gray House, the letters were given to him for safe delivery. Not until twenty-four hours after was Tory Drew permitted to call and find what the influence and effect of so unsatisfying a communication ...

— The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest • Margaret Vandercook

... physical communication between soul and body, despite the metaphysical communication always subsisting, which causes soul and body to compose one and the same suppositum, or what is called a person. This physical communication, if there were such, would cause the soul to change the degree of speed and the directional line of some motions that are in the body, and vice versa the body to change the sequence of the thoughts that are in the soul. But this ...

— Theodicy - Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil • G. W. Leibniz

... not dead,' I rubbed my eyes as I saw Le Mansel in his shirt at my side. I requested him rather rudely to let me sleep, and I thought no more of this singular communication. ...

— Balthasar - And Other Works - 1909 • Anatole France

... "I've established easy communication," said Talbot; "there's a right good fellow from Vermont over here at the creek bank. He talks through his nose, but that don't hurt him. I traded him some whisky for a pouch of tobacco last night, and he'll tell us what ...

— Before the Dawn - A Story of the Fall of Richmond • Joseph Alexander Altsheler

... the last days of the Queen which broke up the Tory Ministry, Mercator was dropped. Defoe seems immediately to have entered into communication with the printer of the Whig Flying Post, one William Hurt. The owner of the Post was abroad at the time, but his managers, whether actuated by personal spite or reasonable suspicion, learning that Hurt was in communication with one whom they looked upon as their enemy, decided ...

— Daniel Defoe • William Minto

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