| communication | something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups |
| dealings traffic | social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with') |
| traffic control | control of the flow of traffic in a building or a city |
| traffic | buying and selling, especially illicit trade |
drug traffic
drug trafficking
narcotraffic | traffic in illegal drugs |
slave trade
slave traffic | traffic in slaves, especially in Black Africans transported to America in the th to th centuries |
approach trench
communication trench | a trench that provides protected passage between the rear and front lines of a defensive position |
communication system
communication equipment | facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information |
| communication system | a system for communicating |
teletypewriter
teleprinter
teletype machine
telex
telex machine | a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter |
traffic circle
circle rotary
roundabout | a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island, the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary |
traffic island
safety island
safety isle
safety zone | a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded, provides safe area for pedestrians |
| traffic lane | a lane of a main road that is defined by painted lines, that car is in the wrong traffic lane |
communications
communication theory | the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.), communications is his major field of study |
| communication communicating | the activity of communicating, the activity of conveying information, they could not act without official communication from Moscow |
channel communication channel
line | (often plural) a means of communication or access, it must go through official channels, lines of communication were set up between the two firms |
liaison
link
contact
inter-group communication | a channel for communication between groups, he provided a liaison with the guerrillas |
| electronic communication | communication by computer |
digital communication
data communication | electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers) |
language
linguistic communication | a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols, he taught foreign languages, the language introduced is standard throughout the text, the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written |
written communication
written language
black and white | communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) |
| animal communication | communication between animals (of the same species) |
telegraphic signal
radiotelegraphic signal | a signal transmitted by telegraphy |
| visual communication | communication that relies on vision |
traffic light
traffic signal
stoplight | a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections |
paralanguage
paralinguistic communication | the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings |
| auditory communication | communication that relies on hearing |
speech
speech communication
spoken communication
spoken language
language voice communication
oral communication | (language) communication by word of mouth, his speech was garbled, he uttered harsh language, he recorded the spoken language of the streets |
phatic speech
phatic communication | conversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information |
psychic communication
psychical communication
anomalous communication | communication by paranormal means |
| traffic | the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time, heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines, traffic on the internet is lightest during the night |
traffic jam
snarl-up | a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move |
| traffic court | a court that has power to prosecute for traffic offenses |
| traffic | the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time |
| air traffic | traffic created by the movement of aircraft |
| commuter traffic | traffic created by people going to or returning from work |
pedestrian traffic
foot traffic | people coming and going on foot |
vehicular traffic
vehicle traffic | the aggregation of vehicles coming and going in a particular locality |
automobile traffic
car traffic | cars coming and going |
| bicycle traffic | bicycles coming and going |
| bus traffic | buses coming and going |
| truck traffic | trucks coming and going |
traffic pattern
approach pattern
pattern | the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport, the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded, they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted |
| traffic cop | a policeman who controls the flow of automobile traffic |
| communication | a connection allowing access between persons or places, how many lines of communication can there be among four people?, a secret passageway provided communication between the two rooms |
| telex | communicate by telex, We telexed the information to our sister company |
| traffic | trade or deal a commodity, They trafficked with us for gold |
| traffic | deal illegally, traffic drugs |
| telegraphic | having the style of a telegram with many short words left out, telegraphic economy of words, the strange telegraphic speech of some aphasics |
| telegraphic | of or relating to or transmitted by telegraph, a telegraphic machine, telegraphic news reports |