What do people basically want to infer from a communicated message?

What people basically want to infer from a communicated message is its meaning, the sense or significance carried by the words and symbols.

Constraints are the limits or barriers around communication, not what the receiver is reaching for inside the message.

Interactions describe the back-and-forth exchange between people, a process rather than the thing a receiver extracts from a single message.

Behavioural patterns are regularities in conduct, an outcome studied later rather than the immediate thing sought from a message.

Communication succeeds when the intended meaning is grasped by the receiver.

Shared symbols and context help meaning travel accurately from sender to receiver.