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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

communication go
something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups

black and white, written communication, written language go
communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)

writing go
letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language

orthography, writing system go
a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols

script
a particular orthography or writing system

noun.communication

10 Subcategories

Aramaic, Aramaic script go
an alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language
Avestan go
the script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written
Brahmi go
a script (probably adapted from the Aramaic about the 7th century BC) from which later Indian scripts developed
Devanagari, Devanagari script, Nagari, Nagari script go
a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi
Pahlavi go
the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language
Uighur, Uigur, Uygur go
the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language
uncial go
a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters
cuneiform go
an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
syllabary, syllabic script go
a writing system whose characters represent syllables
alphabet go
a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language