Definition of Communication
Communication
com·mu·ni·ca·tion


Definition/Meaning
(noun)
The process of exchanging information, ideas, or messages.

e.g. The company improved its communication with customers through social media.

(noun)
an open and friendly relationship, characterized by the successful exchange of feelings, thoughts, and ideas, or broadly, social interactions;

e.g. The professor liked to have good communication with his students.

(noun)
information that is exchanged between people, in the form of a verbal message or written document;

e.g. There has been no communication from him since he left town last week.

(noun)
a system used for exchanging information, such as computers or telephone lines, or a system used for transporting and exchanging goods or people, such as roads or train lines (often used as "communications");

e.g. The storm shut down communications to and from the city. The region has infrastructure for communications, which makes trade easier.

(noun)
broadly, the action of transmitting something or an instance of this;

e.g. The vaccine reduces the transmission of the disease and thus prevents it from spreading.



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Quotes
  • "Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of very part of your life." -- Brian Tracy

  • "Effective communication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel about what you know." -- Jim Rohn

  • "If you just communicate, you can get by. But if you communicate skillfully, you can work miracles." -- Jim Rohn




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