Com-mū'ni-cā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. communicatio.] 1. The act of imparting, conferring, or delivering, from one to another; intercourse by words, letters, or messages; interchange of thoughts or opinions, by conference or other means. Use no French, but mere English, to the French, in all communication whatsoever. Camden. Thou, in thy secrecy, . . . seek'st not Social communication. Milton. 2. The means by which intercourse is maintained; the means of passing from place to place; a connecting passage. The Euxine Sea is conveniently situated for trade, by the communication it has both with Asia and Europe. Arbuthnot.

3. That which is communicated or imparted; intelligence; news; as, to receive an interesting communication.
4. (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. Beattie.

Syn.—Commerce; correspondence; conference; intercourse.