communication

noun10

1. •
   the giving and getting of information between people, groups or machines

   • Some say that communication is a necessary prerequisite for sentience; others say that it is a result thereof.
   • The node had established communication with the network, but had as yet sent no data.
2. •
   The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
3. •
   An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.

   • The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email.
4. •
   A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.

   • Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications.
5. •
   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.
6. •
   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. •
   A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.

   • ...and here a free communication had been established between the aorta and the vena cava. — 1855
8. •
   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. — 1672
9. •
   (rhetoric) 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. — 1798
10. •
    (no longer used) Association; company.

    • Evil communications corrupt good manners. — 1611