Wed Jun 11, 2008 3:07 pm
Obviously...Joe hasn't gotten the message.
Dictionary
communication |kəˌmyoōnəˈkā sh ən|
noun
1 the imparting or exchanging of information or news : direct communication between the two countries will produce greater understanding | at the moment I am in communication with London.
• a letter or message containing such information or news.
• the successful conveying or sharing of ideas and feelings : there was a lack of communication between Joe and his parents.
• social contact : she gave him some hope of her return, or at least of their future communication.
2 ( communications) means of connection between people or places, in particular
• the means of sending or receiving information, such as telephone lines or computers : satellite communications | [as adj. ] a communications network.
• the means of traveling or of transporting goods, such as roads or railroads : a city providing excellent road and rail communications.
• [treated as sing. ] the field of study concerned with the transmission of information by various means.
PHRASES
lines of communication the connections between an army in the field and its bases. • any system for communicating information or ideas : bureaucracies are characterized by established lines of communication.
DERIVATIVES
communicational |-ˈkā sh ənl| adjective
ORIGIN late Middle English : from Old French comunicacion, from Latin communicatio(n-), from the verb communicare ‘to share’ (see communicate ).
Thesaurus
communication
noun
1 the communication of news transmission, conveyance, divulgence, disclosure; dissemination, promulgation, broadcasting.
2 there was no communication between them contact, dealings, relations, connection, association, socializing, intercourse; correspondence, dialogue, talk, conversation, discussion.
3 an official communication message, statement, announcement, report, dispatch, communiqué, letter, bulletin, correspondence.
...Am I getting through to you?