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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