Communique Meaning

/kəˈmjunəˌkeɪ/
C1

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nounAlternative form of communiqué.

"A Defense Ministry communique said 40 Communist craft were sighted Tuesday off Peikantang, a tiny island in the Matsu group, but fled when the island's guns opened fire. The Matsus are off the Red port of Foochow, opposite the northern tip of Formosa."— 1954 September 30, “Nationalist Forces Rout 40 Red Boats”, in The Washington Post and Times Herald, volume 77, number 299, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:
The Americans intercepted a German communique during the XYZ Affair.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The general issued a brief ____ announcing the ceasefire agreement.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The government issued an official ____ to explain the new treaty.

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The general issued a brief ____ announcing the ceasefire agreement.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The government issued an official ____ to explain the new treaty.

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