🇬🇧 Communication meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Communication is how people share ideas, thoughts, and feelings with each other. We can communicate by talking, listening, writing, drawing, making faces, using our hands, or even sending messages with technology. Good communication means you send a clear message and the other person understands it. It also means you listen carefully when someone else is communicating with you.

In our house, the smoke alarm is a communication device that says, “Dinner is ready, and it’s slightly burnt.”

My plant’s communication was dropping all its leaves dramatically until I finally gave it some water.

Our group project failed because our only form of communication was shrugging and saying, “I thought you were doing it.”

Grandpa says his favorite form of communication is turning off his hearing aid when we’re too loud.

Bees use a special type of communication called a “waggle dance” to tell other bees where flowers are, which means even insects have better dance moves than I do.

Anna gives a small note to her dad. The note is a communication. She draws a sun for him; the drawing is a communication. She hugs him and says "I love you." Her hug is a communication. A smile is also a communication. Dad smiles. Good communication makes them both calm. They feel warm and safe at home.

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This word is at the A2 level, which means it’s useful for simple, everyday situations. You might use it when shopping, traveling, or talking about your hobbies. Words at this level help you build confidence in practical, routine conversations.

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