noun phrase · formal

real-time communication

UK/ˌrɪəlˈtaɪm kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/US/ˌriːəlˈtaɪm kəˌmjuː.nəˈkeɪ.ʃən/real·TIME com·mu·NI·ca·tion

Band 7+speakingtask2

Communication that happens instantly, with minimal delay between sender and receiver.

Examples

“Real-time communication tools like video calls are essential for remote teams.”

“In customer service, real-time communication improves user satisfaction.”

“Real-time communication requires low latency and sufficient bandwidth.”

Band 8 sentence

“The pandemic accelerated adoption of real-time communication platforms, fundamentally changing how organisations coordinate work across time zones.”

Collocations

  • real-time communication tools
  • support real-time communication
  • enable real-time communication

Word family

real-time adjectivecommunicate verbcommunication noun

Common mistakes

real time communication→real-time communication

instant communication→real-time communication

Say it for a higher band

5instant messaging→6live chat→7+real-time communication

Synonyms

instant communication

Easily confused

asynchronous communication

“Email is an example of asynchronous communication because replies can come hours later.”

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