communication

Definition

  • noun: the act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express or exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc., to someone else
  • noun: an act or instance of transmitting
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: access, accommodation, accordance

Examples

  • Parents need to have good 'communication' with their children. [=they need to be able to understand and be understood by their children]

  • a 'communications satellite' [=a satellite that is used to send signals for television, radio, etc., to people around the world]

  • ('formal') We are 'in communication' by e-mail. [=we are communicating with each other by e-mail]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) and none has ever noticed it? She stand out the image reflectors. -Alright, some sort of holographic camouflage. - Ay, sir. Captain! I intercepted a weak communication transmission, sir, It's a Starfleet frequency. You can locate the signal? Yes, but how do we get to them? I have an idea, sir, (..)
    2016 Star Trek Beyond
  • (..) The rescue of a crew stranded on a planet in uncharted space. Our trajectory will take us through an unstable nebula... ...one which will disable all communication with Starfleet. We will be on our own. The Enteprise has something no other ship in the fleet has. You. As we can't understand (..)
    2016 Star Trek Beyond