English > subject matter: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | What a communication that is about something is about. |
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| Synonyms | message, content, substance |
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| Narrower | acknowledgment, acknowledgement | A statement acknowledging something or someone |
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| approval, commendation | A message expressing a favorable opinion |
| body | The central message of a communication |
| commitment, dedication | A message that makes a pledge |
| corker | (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person |
| digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis | A message that departs from the main subject / subject |
| direction, instruction | A message describing how something is to be done |
| disapproval | The expression of disapproval |
| disrespect, discourtesy | An expression / expression of lack of respect |
| drivel, garbage | A worthless message |
| guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction | Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action |
| information, info | A message received and understood |
| interpolation, insertion | A message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted / inserted |
| latent content | (psychoanalysis) hidden meaning / meaning of a fantasy or dream |
| meaning, significance, signification, import | The message that is intended or expressed or signified |
| memorial | A written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority |
| narrative, narration, story, tale | A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events |
| nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum | A message that seems to convey no meaning / meaning |
| offer, offering | Something offered (as a proposal or bid) |
| opinion, view | A message expressing a belief about something |
| promotion, promo, publicity, promotional material, packaging | A message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution |
| proposal | Something proposed (such as a plan or assumption / assumption) |
| refusal | A message refusing to accept / accept something that is offered |
| reminder | A message that helps you remember something |
| request, petition, postulation | A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority |
| respects | (often used with 'pay') a formal expression of esteem |
| sensationalism | subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes |
| shocker | A sensational / sensational message (in a film or play or novel) |
| statement | A message that is stated or declared |
| statement | A nonverbal message |
| subject, topic, theme | The subject matter of a conversation or discussion |
| submission, entry | Something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition) |
| wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness | A message whose ingenuity / ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter |
| Broader | communication | Something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups |
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| Spanish | contenido, mensaje, tema |
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| Catalan | contingut, missatge, tema |
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