VARIOUS DEFINITIONS OF COMMUNICATION FOR REFERENCE

1] Communication is act of making something known to others to create understanding.
                                                                                - Oxford Advanced Learner Dictionary

2] Communication is the exchange of information and the transmission of meaning of meaning. It is the very essence of social system or organization.
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3] Communication is the transmission/interchange of facts, ideas, feelings or course of action.
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4] Communication is the process of establishing commonness or oneness of thought between a sender and a receiver.
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5] Communication is the sum of all activities that one person does when he wants to create understanding in the mind of another. it is a bridge of meaning. it involves systematic process of telling, listening and understanding.
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6] Communication is transmission of ideas, information, emotions and skills using words, symbols, pictures, body and graphs etc. 
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"Communication is the art of connecting oneself with others with help of verbal, paraverbal and nonverbal codes. For the effective communication, thought, speech and gestures should be in symmetry."
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