COMMUNICATIONS

[plural] [noun]Communications are the various methods of sending information between people and places, esp. official systems such as post systems, radio, telephone, etc..Less than 2% of all overseas aid is going to improve communications.The emergency communications network was included in the review of emergency planning.It is clear from the report that we must invest in more and better communications systems for the company.Communications are also the ways which people use to form relationships with each other and understand each other's feelings.Communications between parents and children are often difficult.A breakdown in communications between staff and the prison governor led to the present unhappy situation.Communications are also ways of moving between one place and another.Its commercial success as a city is partly due to its excellent rail and road communications.A communications satellite is an artificial object in space used to send out television, radio and telephone signals around the earth's surface.