noun
Meaning 1
plural of communication
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
communications
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃənz/
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Canada, General-American: /kəˌmju.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃənz/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian: /kəˌmjʉː.nɪˈkæɪ.ʃənz/
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New-Zealand: /kəˌmjʉː.nəˈkæɪ.ʃənz/
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M Y UW2 N AH0 K EY1 SH AH0 N Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Telecommunications, the science and technology of communicating, especially by electronic means.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Organizational or corporate communication.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Systems for communicating (e.g. postal and telephone networks)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
- cell phones and other communications equipment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- communications is his major field of study
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: communication theory
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Real reading context