communicate
to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information;to communicate one's happiness.
to give to another; impart; transmit: to communicate a disease.
to administer the Eucharist to.
Archaic. to share in or partake of.
to give or interchange thoughts, feelings, information, or the like, by writing, speaking, etc.: They communicate with each other every day.
to express thoughts, feelings, or information easily or effectively.
to be joined or connected: The rooms communicated by means of a hallway.
to partake of the Eucharist.
Obsolete. to take part or participate.
Origin of communicate
1synonym study For communicate
Other words for communicate
Opposites for communicate
Other words from communicate
- non·com·mu·ni·cat·ing, adjective
- o·ver·com·mu·ni·cate, verb, o·ver·com·mu·ni·cat·ed, o·ver·com·mu·ni·cat·ing.
- pre·com·mu·ni·cate, verb, pre·com·mu·ni·cat·ed, pre·com·mu·ni·cat·ing.
- un·com·mu·ni·cat·ing, adjective
- well-com·mu·ni·cat·ed, adjective
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How to use communicate in a sentence
Throughout the shooting of To Russia With Love, Gonick and Vlad communicated through, of all things, the gay hookup app Grindr.
‘To Russia With Love’: Can Johnny Weir Save Russia’s Gays? | Kevin Fallon | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBack in the day, those forums were the ways you communicated information.
The Kardashian Look-Alike Trolling for Assad | Noah Shachtman, Michael Kennedy | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe also demonstrated how he communicated via WhatsApp with a Jordanian ISIS rep in Syria.
The Loser Who Wanted to Be the ISIS Agent Next Door | Michael Daly | September 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne such message was communicated by a Tweet from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
'Genie, You're Free': Suicide Is Not Liberation | Russell Saunders | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe very last thing I would want communicated to them is the idea that death is freedom, and suicide is liberation.
'Genie, You're Free': Suicide Is Not Liberation | Russell Saunders | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The sensation she had communicated to him then she communicated again, this time perhaps more strongly.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensIn pursuance of his generous resolution, he communicated his designs to Allcraft.
Every one had read or heard something exceedingly horrible, which he duly communicated to all the rest.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferHe commenced to experiment in electro-pneumatics in the year 1860, and early in 1861 communicated his discoveries to Mr. Barker.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerBy these means the infection was carried to the cows, and from the cows it was communicated to Smith.
An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae | Edward Jenner
British Dictionary definitions for communicate
/ (kəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt) /
to impart (knowledge) or exchange (thoughts, feelings, or ideas) by speech, writing, gestures, etc
(tr usually foll by to) to allow (a feeling, emotion, etc) to be sensed (by), willingly or unwillingly; transmit (to): the dog communicated his fear to the other animals
(intr) to have a sympathetic mutual understanding
(intr usually foll by with) to make or have a connecting passage or route; connect
(tr) to transmit (a disease); infect
(intr) Christianity to receive or administer Communion
Origin of communicate
1Derived forms of communicate
- communicator, noun
- communicatory, adjective
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