Dictionary

comm en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of communication.
   alt of communication
   • comms line
   • Hand gestures are also essential to Belter communication, as they evolved from the days of wearing space suits with poor comms during the early settler days. 2016 January 15, Bryan Enk, “Belter Creole 101”, in SYFY:
   • I didn’t appreciate it yet, but the bike I’d bought was a little too big for me and I wasn’t sitting in the optimal position. One day, a few weeks in, I posted a sitrep: ‘Frustrating day with delays, crazy truck drivers, no room at the inn, comms playing up — but covered over 110km!’ 2016, Chris Graham, Five Minutes of Amazing: My Journey Through Dementia, London: Sphere, →ISBN, page 41:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of commission.
   alt of commission
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of committee.
   alt of committee
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of commandant.
   alt of commandant
5. Synonym of commlink.
   • My comm was set on silent mode—nothing in or out except emergency transmissions. 2018, Joseph Kainz, Sector 12 and the Art of Burning, page ix:

Forms

Deriveds

pers. comm. · Quad comm · commlink · e-comms

Synonyms

commlink

comm en · VERB

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of commission.
   alt of commission

Forms

Relateds

commo · com