noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a means of communication (= a way of talking to someone, for example by phone, writing etc )
▪
Newspapers are still an important means of communication.
communication breakdown (= when people do not talk or are unable to talk )
▪
The misunderstanding was the result of a communication breakdown.
communication cord
communication skills (= the ability to communicate well with people )
▪
The nurse must use her communication skills to help the patient feel at ease.
communications satellite
wireless communications
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
direct
▪
It was surmounted by a small clock and like the shelter at the Crystal Palace, was in direct telephone communication .
▪
Employers have the clearest and most direct channels of communication to enormous numbers of people.
▪
Because everyone knows they have a direct channel of communication to the Palace, their ear is sought.
▪
No grave sites to sweep, no azaleas and oranges to decorate a shrine, no direct communication with the dead.
▪
Since Sussex offered the most direct line of communication with Normandy, it received special attention.
▪
Examples include direct forms of communication , appraisal, and individualised performance related pay.
▪
There was virtually no direct communication between employers and examination boards.
▪
Sight is also used in a more direct form of communication .
effective
▪
The importance of effective nurse-patient communications can not be overemphasised.
▪
He also placed great emphasis on effective and unfettered communication .
▪
The conference on Using effective communications to build environmental credibility will take place in London on 24-25 March 1992.
▪
Or you might benefit from courses or seminars in topics such as strategic planning, writing, or effective communication .
▪
Of course communication is two-way, and the mood of the recipients is also important for effective communication.
▪
Promote effective two-way communication between employees at all levels to understand better the problems and concerns that affect productivity; 7.
▪
It had become evident that a simple and effective means of communication was required, and the radio was the next step.
▪
Even courses in effective communication rarely include instruction on media use.
electronic
▪
The third security concept is the electronic two-way communication system.
▪
Memory has gone virtual, scattered throughout the global fishnet of electronic and human communication .
▪
After all, electronic communications has many similarities to the oral technologies which pre-dated the written word.
▪
The result was an electronic communications run on the Capitol.
▪
None of these nations attempts major efforts across all of the electronic and communications fields.
▪
What averted catastrophe was the introduction of widespread electronic communications , especially for education and entertainment.
▪
Indeed, we have, in the past, returned comments to students on paper rather than via electronic communication .
▪
The electronic communication has forged bonds among staff and third-grade families that are the strongest at Logan, said Principal Francine Schaffer.
good
▪
Its size allows for good communication and good relationships.
▪
The other one thought the most important thing was good communications and rapport.
▪
Mr Spicer also plans to look into ways of encouraging better communication between police forces and local authorities.
▪
We always attempt to maintain good communications .
▪
It will be even more important for a school to have good communications with parents and the local community.
▪
You just have to have good communication between the team.
▪
Better techniques, better documentation systems, better communication between all members, better customer liaison and contracts.
▪
When you have good avenues of communication there is less chance of being surprised or ambushed by events.
internal
▪
We are also working hard to develop internal communication with staff.
▪
In the former, internal communications are often sluggish; a change mandated in March may not be implemented until November.
▪
Cruickshank countered that getting out an developing stronger internal communication has been one of his priorities.
▪
The development of internal communication systems will increase efficiency by sharing information, thus reducing waste and duplication of effort. 4.
▪
The Company recognises the importance of internal communication and consultation.
▪
There is a need for good internal communications , and an accepted policy on enquiry handling.
▪
Not only was Buckinghamshire small, its inadequate internal communications served to check the evolution of a true county town.
▪
The network functions more smoothly with better internal communication .
mass
▪
Thirdly, there are certain aspects of mass communication which are sometimes overlooked in media education.
▪
Almost every photographic aberration is now legible because of its constant recurrence in all the vehicles of visual mass communication .
▪
The mass media of communication are also important.
▪
Those who say conventions have lost their meaning in this era of presidential primaries and mass media communications miss one thing.
▪
That sort of mistake was almost inconceivable, in an age of mass communications .
▪
The second great new agent of mass communication was the radio.
▪
It is the most powerful medium for mass communication so far devised.
▪
The seminar is open to people involved in mass communication and theological training from around the world.
modern
▪
Banks, through modern communications and worldwide correspondents, provide assistance to customers engaged in international trade.
▪
Meanwhile, modern media of communication make citizens more aware than before of alternatives to their own beliefs and customs.
▪
With modern methods of communication throughout the world, our perceptions are constantly being enlarged and our attitudes and values are shifting.
▪
Globalization does bring the death of distance, through the consolidation of markets and the use of modern communications and transportation.
▪
Fortunately, in the eighties we have begun to recognise that modern communication skills go far beyond the concept of advertising.
▪
A modern ship with the most modern communications .
▪
Detail some of the features of modern hotel communication systems. 15.
▪
At the heart of any work in modern communications must be the use of the best and quickest communication systems.
open
▪
There are signs that these damaging limitations to free and open communication can be overcome.
▪
They are an asset we can safeguard through open , honest communications .
▪
It encourages open communication , and learning about processes of living in mutually beneficial ways.
▪
That structure stresses open communications and collaboration, and it humanizes the organization by eliminating the number and pictorial importance of levels.
▪
It is the antithesis of open , honest communication .
▪
Although unusual for an executive and a union official, that was essential to their desire for open communications .
▪
An open communication style, it seems, can help in the early identification and swift solution of problems.
▪
And they continued to use open communications , information sharing, and improvisation as the primary fuel for change.
personal
▪
Indeed, as chief executive Corrado Passera pointed out, Olivetti has a history of investment in the personal communications sector.
▪
Meanwhile, new technologies such as personal communications services -- a new generation of cellular phone -- also will spur demand.
▪
Television is the most personal and intimate communication medium there is.
political
▪
The only positive line of local-central political communication was the Bolshevik Party network.
▪
Regardless of how fantastic our political visions are, it is important to understand the processes of political communication that support them.
▪
With television cameras in the Chamber, new forms of political communication can take place.
▪
Our questions seek to get at communications behavior as well as feelings about political communication.
▪
The administration became the channel of political communication and interest aggregation in the absence of parties and politicians.
▪
And a fourth explanation is that voting is primarily an expression of citizenship, social solidarity, and political communication .
▪
Our model of political communication does not presuppose a view that the mass media are omnipotent.
▪
We have already examined exposure to political communication in the press, radio, and television.
poor
▪
And there was poor communication between civilian and military air controllers and the aircraft.
▪
Doble pointed to one prime example of poor communication between elected officials and constituents: the health care reform debate.
▪
Very inconsistent, much having to do with poor communication between coach and players.
▪
Part of this was certainly just poor communication .
verbal
▪
Without labels, verbal communication is impossible.
▪
Communication is the life-blood of all relationships Verbal communication between two people is the way an important relationship usually starts.
▪
Self motivation, initiative, excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail will, however, be vital.
▪
The physical part made up for the shallowness of verbal communication .
▪
Those who find verbal communication difficult will have to rely on what we call corporal communication.
▪
Written and verbal communication between the plant management and Hanes management about the results of the implementation increases.
▪
It can be very time consuming and it often depends on unstructured verbal communication because of this.
▪
The context in the eye movement study was unusual in that only verbal communication was possible.
wireless
▪
The other partners include Qualcomm, a digital wireless communication developer, and Cartell, a Michigan-based wireless equipment manufacturer.
▪
Soon after Guglielmo Marconi discovered wireless communication , dabblers throughout the world began puttering with transmitters.
▪
By managing the directory, VeriSign has data it can use to market wireless communications and other services.
▪
One possibility for overcoming shortcomings in local distribution is wireless communication technology, including microwave cellular telephony.
■ NOUN
channel
▪
Formal organisations have an explicit hierarchy in a well- defined structure; job specifications and communication channels are also well-defined.
▪
This included new forms of magnetic tapes, each of which could hold hundreds of intercepted microwave communications channels .
▪
Official communication channels may be side-stepped.
▪
A sender transmits information through a communication channel to a receiver.
▪
The purpose of the magazine is to provide a communication channel for staff throughout the company.
▪
The communication channels to senior management are more direct.
▪
All available communication channels should be used to promote these techniques.
▪
Authority is top down, and utilizes formal communication channels , usually vertical, and well-defined policies and procedures.
director
▪
They are particularly angry at the extensive use made of Brendan Bruce, the communications director sacked by Mr Patten.
▪
He returned to the White House to serve Reagan, one of his heroes, as communications director in 1985.
▪
He consulted with communications director Donald A.. Baer about inaugural themes.
▪
Buchanan was a speech writer for Nixon and communications director for Reagan.
▪
Karin Johanson, communications director for the group, said Clinton leads Dole overall by 53 percent to 42 percent.
equipment
▪
A piece of communication equipment used to enable computers to send data to and from each other.
▪
Artillery, trucks and communications equipment are still needed, the State Department official said.
▪
Mr Michael had been asked to arrange electronic sweeps of all office communication equipment in the interests of personal security.
▪
The Ottawa-based maker of computerized communications equipment cashed in on optimistic prospects for the Internet, the global computer network.
▪
The deal is part of Intel's expansion into communications equipment and reduces its reliance on its core microprocessor business.
▪
Money center banks, telephone and drug issues gained, while communications equipment , beverage and electrical equipment shares sank.
▪
The programme will oblige us to invest in higher bandwidth communication equipment for data exchange between institutions.
▪
In 1968, Jacobs and Viterbi founded Linkabit, a small company that developed communications equipment for the military.
network
▪
The four-port Multiprotocol Communications Controller attaches the 220 to synchronous communications networks and up to two adaptors can be used on each system.
▪
The logjam is occurring because of increased demand on the global communications network .
▪
Different sensory modalities, then, are used to convey different types of message, forming an enormously rich communication network .
▪
The Celestri global broadband communications network is expected to be operational by the year 2003.
▪
This is done through exercises such as the study of a communications network , and case studies.
▪
What has arisen from this activity is a clear market for data communications networks .
▪
Forces currently use different equipment with separate computer systems and communications networks .
policy
▪
But it also poses problems and dilemmas which occur in communications policy more widely.
▪
Newly formed governments seek deliberately to reverse their predecessors' communications policies .
▪
Some of them are involved in drawing up legislation which is based on the new communication policy .
▪
Inevitably the question arises: is a communication policy worth it?
▪
Various rhetorics, therefore, colour the discussion of communications policy .
▪
Under each President the relationship between the executive and the broadcasting media remained the central issue of communications policy .
▪
A national communication policy will be a key element in future planning.
problem
▪
Attention will be paid to studying communication problems in situations which are as natural as possible.
▪
The reasons for his success include his ability to determine the best strategies for winning customers and to Correct communications problems .
▪
The communication problem can be overcome in part through the use of interpreters.
▪
Other research illustrates the kinds of cross-cultural communication problem which can arise in interviews and other institutional settings.
▪
We were supposed to have a couple of sororities too, but there was a communication problem .
▪
Then there's the murderous Miyazaki, but he had communication problems of a different sort.
▪
The first major communication problem occurred on the morning of departure.
process
▪
First, a general model of the communication process is sketched.
▪
It all hangs on how we manage the communication process .
▪
He is particularly good on the communication processes of science.
▪
At every stage in the communication process we can detect the powerful influence of culture.
▪
Up to this point in our discussion we have been preoccupied with the mechanics of the communication process .
▪
A model of the exhibition communication process .
▪
Such a method introduces two serious inhibitions to the communication process .
radio
▪
Hearing no other radio communication and seeing no other aircraft to his left or right, he turned finals.
▪
Secondly, they feared that radio communication between the two forces would reveal their positions to the enemy.
▪
His work is in the field of popular education and radio communications .
▪
Ramsey said coordination, which includes radio communication among different disaster-relief groups, had improved greatly since the 1989 quake.
▪
The whole point of radio communications is the very versatility and freedom associated with its use.
▪
While on the road, the convoy remains in radio communication with its headquarters.
▪
A worldwide network of short-wave stations with directional aerials was established, fulfilling Marconi's dream of global radio communication .
▪
When Menzies opened the door to radio communication , he could have had little appreciation of one aspect of its future impact.
satellite
▪
The links may involve microwave or satellite communication in the medium to long term.
▪
They should start regional cooperative programmes to share the costs of, for instance, satellite communications .
▪
They also arrange satellite communications and provide other services for their vessels worldwide.
▪
For 1993, however, Marconi Marine, of Chelmsford, provided the first satellite communications terminal ever used on Everest.
▪
For satellite communications , geographical boundary lines are irrelevant.
▪
Added to satellite communications , this could drastically reduce the need, among other things, for commuting in cities.
▪
Like most other parks growing up around Bangalore, it will have its own power, sewage, and satellite communications systems.
service
▪
The standards will eventually form the basis of all multimedia video communications services and publishing.
▪
ISPs sell little general-interest information, but the communications services they sell are more comprehensive than those of online service providers.
▪
Computer Services Computer Services provide a comprehensive computing and data communications service to all sections of the University community.
▪
Forum participants agreed that organizational and funding issues must be resolved so that new high-speed communications services can be developed.
▪
In addition, the conference plans to assign supplementary frequencies for the steadily rising demands of mobile satellite and other mobile communication services .
▪
It has come to symbolize the difficulties in launching advanced communications services .
▪
First, alternative technological solutions and the types of communication service they may carry are being identified.
▪
The phone box itself may be simply the centre of a wider zone in which it will offer high-speed wireless communication services .
skill
▪
Self motivation, initiative, excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail will, however, be vital.
▪
Tact, diplomacy, flexibility, and communication skills are essential.
▪
Fortunately, in the eighties we have begun to recognise that modern communication skills go far beyond the concept of advertising.
▪
The Rams acted as facilitators, helping the Niners' offense work on its communication skills .
▪
Voice over A course in communication skills at the force's training college in Berkshire.
▪
Early on they amazed us with their valuable ideas and communication skills .
▪
Many doctors feel that medical students still do not receive enough training in communication skills .
▪
Adela had no communications skills when the school opened.
system
▪
In conjunction with this they produced a communications system designed to offload the text on to a host computer with the maximum possible reliability.
▪
Further, it has never been shown that group tasks require a communication system anywhere near as complicated as human language.
▪
According to Computerwoche, it will need to buy a standardised office communications system , however.
▪
The communication system division, which makes products ranging from fax machines to cordless telephones, employs 8, 500.
▪
The unit includes the proposed Iridium global communications system that will use 66 low earth orbit satellites.
▪
Like most other parks growing up around Bangalore, it will have its own power, sewage, and satellite communications systems .
▪
The success of the organisation will depend, inpart, on the effectiveness of the communications systems in the organisation.
▪
All of the exchanges have upgraded their technology and communications systems to safely handle more trading volume.
technology
▪
It needed nerds tinkering brilliantly in California to create new communication technologies .
▪
One possibility for overcoming shortcomings in local distribution is wireless communication technology , including microwave cellular telephony.
▪
They required the most sophisticated communications technology so that they could transmit their stories and pictures back to their own countries.
▪
Although the industry is rapidly introducing advanced digital communication technologies , the telephone network continues to be dependent on analog transmission.
▪
Languages should be considered a key skill alongside literacy, numeracy, and information and communications technology , the report says.
▪
As communications technology evolves, so will the technology that would allow parents to block obscene or offensive information.
▪
A fourth centre on the use of information and communication technology in education is being planned.
▪
Finally, there is an assessment of potential impacts, on the political world, of the revolution in communication technologies .
■ VERB
develop
▪
We are also working hard to develop internal communication with staff.
▪
In 1968, Jacobs and Viterbi founded Linkabit, a small company that developed communications equipment for the military.
▪
Finally she decided to develop her interest in communications through a master's degree.
▪
The department also runs seminars on developing clinical and communication skills to reinforce the students' experience in the practices.
▪
There is a need for us to develop the communication skills of our horticultural staff to a broader degree than at present.
▪
At first we concentrated on craft and design, then we developed the graphical communications , and then we introduced technological studies.
▪
Team briefing sessions are effective in developing the art of communication .
▪
The purpose of the Classbook is to achieve maximum results in the classroom, in particular by developing the communication skills.
establish
▪
They also establish a framework for communications between the two.
▪
By a government licence under the Act, Mercury Communications, a private company, was authorized to establish a communications system.
▪
They had helped Kyle share the center of attention, engage warmly with the world, and establish two-way communication .
▪
AR-WACC has decided to establish a computerised communication data bank for the Region.
▪
She was just saying something, anything, my name, to establish communication .
▪
The sixth bowl - I establish communication with the immortal spirit.
improve
▪
Wordpower and Numberpower are certificates that have been introduced to help candidates improve their communication and numeracy skills.
▪
Talking it over will help improve communication .
▪
If we can take positive action to improve communication , then the whole community will benefit.
▪
It provided for improved communications between sectors of the divided city.
▪
The therapist hoped this would further improve their ease of communication .
▪
The goal is to improve the communication and flow of information among the sales, customer, and production functions.
▪
Team Worker: supports and reinforces, improves communications , fosters team spirit; stable, extrovert and flexible.
▪
Events were moving at a faster pace than ever before, thanks to improved transportation and communication .
provide
▪
One further possibility is that the extracellular material provides a means of communication .
▪
One part of the problem is that your company did not provide adequate two-way communication while redecorating.
▪
It provided for improved communications between sectors of the divided city.
▪
Windows for Workgroups supersedes Windows 3.1, and will provide information sharing, communication and workgroup application capabilities to Windows users.
▪
For the deaf, welfare officers had to provide a communication and translation service where necessary.
▪
All three will provide you with customized communications software to make the job of connecting easier.
use
▪
Ninth-century users had their own criteria of utility, and they preferred to use oral alongside written communications in most contexts.
▪
And they continued to use open communications , information sharing, and improvisation as the primary fuel for change.
▪
It is interesting to examine the optical fibre before using it in the communications system.
▪
Language is used primarily for communication .
▪
For example, to use particular channels of communication such as briefing meetings, video programmes, management information notes and so on.
▪
Objectives: A. Use diverse communication methods for wider and more effective delivery of critical public health messages.
▪
They can also be used for communications with the external world outside organizations.
▪
The panels can be used as a visual communication system for stricken users when computer systems fail.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
a communication from the IRS
▪
Family Services is offering a workshop called "Better Communication for Couples."
▪
Radio was the pilot's only means of communication .
▪
There were some communication problems during the first phase of the project.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
All Loral business lines except the space communications division will be sold to Lockheed Martin.
▪
At the heart of any work in modern communications must be the use of the best and quickest communication systems.
▪
I think the market will be increasingly excited about wireless communication in general, which could include direct-broadcast satellite programming.
▪
Increased speed of communication means that people can act much more quickly and can make trends into self-fulfilling prophecies.
▪
The company said the telephone companies have welcomed the planned upgrade as an opportunity to manage the growth in computer communications.
▪
The importance of effective nurse-patient communications can not be overemphasised.
▪
The second type of communications package are those which both transfer and, where appropriate, translate as they do so.
▪
There were no communications between Sepilok and Dermakot.