communications — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Telecommunications, the science and technology of communicating, especially by electronic means.

   Usage

   • plural
   • Plural only

   Examples

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   David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter terrorism”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats.

2. Organizational or corporate communication.

   Usage

   • plural
   • Plural only

3. Systems for communicating (e.g. postal and telephone networks)

   Usage

   • plural
   • Plural only

   Examples

   cell phones and other communications equipment

Noun

1. the discipline that studies the principles of transmitting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)

   Synonyms

   communication theory

   Broader terms

   disciplinesubjectsubject areasubject fieldfieldfield of studystudybailiwick

   Examples

   communications is his major field of study