line of communication
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflineandcommunication
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line
noun
uk/laɪn/us/laɪn/
a long, thin mark on the surface ...
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communication
noun
uk/kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/kəˌmjuː.nəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the act of communicating ...
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(Definition oflineandcommunicationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thelineofcommunicationworks when waveforms travel through a medium such as air or by solid coupling and activate at the point where similar resonances match.
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I am advised that at present it could not be regarded as a mainlineofcommunication.
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Of equal importance is the establishment of an adequatelineofcommunicationand the linking up of police forces by teleprinters, and so on.
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That is thelineofcommunicationand the line of accountability.
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There has been no argument that improvements to thislineofcommunicationare urgently necessary.
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We could have many visitors if we had a differentlineofcommunication.
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There could not be a more transparentlineofcommunicationbetween the service's operations and its accountability to this place.
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Anotherlineofcommunicationthat is vital is a financial one.
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There is a very usefullineofcommunicationthrough the trustee committee.
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In fact, they use them very much aslineofcommunicationtroops.
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We must pay close attention to the training of staff officers and to the training of staff officers forlineofcommunicationand static formations.
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If that was the onlylineofcommunication, communications were inadequate.
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That decision will either be to insist upon, or seize, a landlineofcommunicationor to get out.
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It is a very importantlineofcommunication.
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We do need a strong commonlineofcommunicationin this regard, and this must be demonstrated just as strongly.
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If this area is to be a development area, how else is it going to be developed if the onlylineofcommunicationis withdrawn?
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One is providing a parallellineofcommunication.
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The road will be required for use as alineofcommunicationfor some months to come and is being maintained accordingly.
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A vitallineofcommunicationmay be cut thousands of miles from its source.
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However, there is no commonly agreedlineofcommunicationbetween either each of the different search-and-rescue groups or between them and the department.
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