different between communication vs missive
communication
English
Etymology
From Middle English communicacion, from Old French communicacion, from Latin comm?nic?ti?nem, accusative singular of comm?nic?ti? (“imparting, communicating”), from comm?nic? (“I share, I impart”).Morphologically communicate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??mju?n??ke???n/
- Hyphenation: com?mu?ni?ca?tion
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
communication (countable and uncountable, plural communications)
- The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
- communication of smallpox
- communication of a secret
- (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
- Some say that communication is a necessary prerequisite for sentience; others say that it is a result thereof.
- The node had established communication with the network, but had as yet sent no data.
- A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
- Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications.
- The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
- The subpoena required that the company document their communication with the plaintiff.
- An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
- The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email.
- A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
- A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations
- The Euxine Sea is conveniently situated for trade, by the communication it has both with Asia and Europe.
- 1900, Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications (page 75)
- This communication between the tank and pump is controlled by a float valve in the tanks and a cock in the pipe, while a poppet valve prevents the undrawn liquor going into the waste tank.
- (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
- 1855, William Stokes, The Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta Page 617
- ...and here a free communication had been established between the aorta and the vena cava.
- 1855, William Stokes, The Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta Page 617
- (obsolete) Association; company.
- Evil communications corrupt good manners.
- Participation in Holy Communion.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Pearson to this entry?)
- (rhetoric) A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Beattie to this entry?)
Antonyms
- anticommunication
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- excommunication
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????????? (komyunik?shon)
Related terms
Translations
References
- communication at OneLook Dictionary Search
- communication in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "communication" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 72.
- communication in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Further reading
- communication on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Alternative forms
- communicaison
Etymology
From Old French communicacion, borrowed from Latin comm?nic?ti?, comm?nic?ti?nem (“sharing, communication”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.my.ni.ka.sj??/
Noun
communication f (plural communications)
- communication
Derived terms
- chargé de communication
Related terms
- communiquer
Further reading
- “communication” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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missive
English
Etymology
15th Century; from Medieval Latin missivus, from mittere (“to send”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?m?s?v/
Noun
missive (plural missives)
- (formal) A written message; a letter, note or memo.
- 2008, Claire Armistead, The Guardian, 25 Oct 2008:
- The Madonna letters, which are interspersed with more personal missives in this curious epistolary memoir, accumulate into a rap about the downsides of celebrity - the problems of ageing, of invaded privacy, of becoming vain and impetuously adopting children from other continents.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 71:
- "Curses throttle thee!" yelled Ahab. "Captain Mayhew, stand by now to receive it"; and taking the fatal missive from Starbuck's hands, he caught it in the slit of the pole, and reached it over towards the boat.
- 2008, Claire Armistead, The Guardian, 25 Oct 2008:
- (in the plural, Scotland, law) Letters sent between two parties in which one makes an offer and the other accepts it.
- (obsolete) One who is sent; a messenger.
- c. 1606: Macbeth by Shakespeare
- Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it came missives from the King, who all hailed me ‘Thane of Cawdor,’ by which title these Weird Sisters saluted me and referred me to the coming on of time with ‘Hail king that shalt be.’
- c. 1606: Macbeth by Shakespeare
Translations
Adjective
missive (not comparable)
- Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent.
- a letter missive
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ayliffe to this entry?)
- (obsolete) Serving as a missile; intended to be thrown.
- 1700, John Dryden, Cymon And Iphigenia
- The missive weapons fly.
- 1700, John Dryden, Cymon And Iphigenia
Related terms
- See mission for terms etymologically related to send
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “missive”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
French
Pronunciation
Noun
missive f (plural missives)
- missive
Italian
Noun
missive f
- plural of missiva
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