communications Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)
    communication theory.
    • communications is his major field of study
  2. noun the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
    communication; communicating.
    • they could not act without official communication from Moscow
  3. noun something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
    communication.
  4. noun a connection allowing access between persons or places
    communication.
    • how many lines of communication can there be among four people?
    • a secret passageway provided communication between the two rooms

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