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communication
A	noun
	1	communication
			something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚signal; signaling; sign ╚show ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚written communication; written language ╚language; linguistic communication ╚contagion; infection ╚message
	2	communication, communicating
			the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚communication, communicating ╚discussion; treatment; discourse ╚dramaturgy; dramatic art; dramatics; theater; theatre ╚mail; mail service; postal service; post ╚channel; communication channel; line ╚medium ╚intercommunication ╚transmission
	3	communication
			a connection allowing access between persons or places; "how many lines of communication can there be among four people?"; "a secret passageway provided communication between the two rooms"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚connection; connexion; connectedness ╚communication