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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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... up to the palings and hold a communication with his friends Franko and Fred. One took the whip, and after mutual ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... as far as we could; our time was nearly up—what of the night? and what of the morning? John was asleep; the world was a long way off: the sea and the mist seemed to have rolled over us and to have buried us ten thousand fathoms deep. But "out of the depths I cried," and I found the communication open. ...

— Out of the Fog • C. K. Ober

... Ixtli be employed as a medium of communication between the Sun Children and themselves; but, possibly because, as a rule, this irrepressible youngster's ideas were generally the wildest and most far-fetched imaginable, uncle Phaeton frowned ...

— The Lost City • Joseph E. Badger, Jr.

... ranks of the gold-seekers; we saw the working-parties around us diminish day by day, and graves dug in the shadows of the low coppice. Our company kept lip amazingly, perhaps because, according to the captain's counsel, we held but little communication with other workers; but the want of the buffalo-meat, which the Indian traders were accustomed to bring, was much felt among us; and one day less rainy than usual, Bill Williams, as the idlest, was sent up the river's bank, on their wonted track, to look out for their coming. The rest ...

— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 - Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852 • Various

... that communication with the roof was not at first apprehended, but the roof of the choir being very dry wood, soon joined in the conflagration. It is impossible to describe the awful picture of the flames rising above this majestic building. The effect produced ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Vol. 13, No. 355., Saturday, February 7, 1829 • Various

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