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communicative success

[/kəˌmjuːnɪkətɪv səkˈsɛs/]
noun
sucesso comunicativo
1. The achievement of effective communication where the intended message is understood and received as intended by the audience
The presentation was a communicative success despite the technical difficulties.
A apresentação foi um sucesso comunicativo apesar das dificuldades técnicas.
2. In linguistics and pragmatics, the accomplishment of communicative goals and mutual understanding between speakers
Communicative success depends on shared understanding of context and language conventions.
O sucesso comunicativo depende da compreensão compartilhada do contexto e das convenções linguísticas.
Synonyms
effective communicationsuccessful interactionmutual understandingcomunicação eficazêxito comunicativo
Antonyms
communicative failuremiscommunicationmisunderstandingfalha comunicativaincompreensão

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
sucesso comunicativo
standard usage in academic and professional contexts
Portugal
êxito comunicativo
preferred in formal and academic discourse

Related Idioms & Phrases

get one's message across
strike a chord
hit home
passar a mensagem
fazer-se entender
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