communicate

[ kuh-myoo-ni-keyt ]

/ kəˈmyu nɪˌkeɪt /

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verb (used with object), com·mu·ni·cat·ed, com·mu·ni·cat·ing.

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.

verb (used without object), com·mu·ni·cat·ed, com·mu·ni·cat·ing.

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.

OTHER WORDS FOR communicate

1 divulge, announce, disclose, reveal.

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OPPOSITES FOR communicate

1 withhold, conceal.

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Origin of communicate

1520–30; <Latin commūnicātus, past participle of commūnicāre to impart, make common, equivalent to commūn(is) common + -icāre v. suffix

synonym study for communicate

1. Communicate, impart denote giving to a person or thing a part or share of something, now usually something immaterial, as knowledge, thoughts, hopes, qualities, or properties. Communicate, the more common word, implies often an indirect or gradual transmission: to communicate information by means of letters, telegrams, etc.; to communicate one's wishes to someone else. Impart usually implies directness of action: to impart information.

OTHER WORDS FROM communicate

non·com·mu·ni·cat·ing, adjectiveo·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

Words nearby communicate

communautaire, commune, communicable, communicable disease, communicant, communicate, communicating, communicating artery, communicating branch, communicating hydrocephalus, communication

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How to use communicate in a sentence

We have a healthy marriage and communicate easily and freely.
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The intensity of such moments may result from how the nose communicates with the brain.
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In October 2019, Marshall said, the agency began communicating with San Diego Gas & Electric about the possibility of getting residential utility usage data.
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Prior to that, Google tested a feature to communicate to customers labeling your future open date for new businesses.
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The coronavirus has reinforced the Internet as the fabric of modern American life, a luxury-turned-necessity for a generation now forced to work, learn and communicate primarily through the Web.
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Citizens, perhaps, need to feel like they can communicate something to science.
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You will have your beloved father back sooner than you think, and you can visit and communicate with him all the while.
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We also found messengers who could communicate the truth of our lives.
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As soon as I was able to communicate, I never said I wanted to be a girl.
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And now, monsieur, if you will communicate to me the nature of your affair, you shall find me entirely at your service.
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Terror and fascination caught him; he turned away lest she should reach his secret and communicate her own.
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Tredwell enters, and seems to have something of importance to communicate to Sir Rupert in private.
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The channel lies between two sandbanks, which communicate with either shore.
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British Dictionary definitions for communicate

communicate

/ (kəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt) /

verb

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

Derived forms of communicate

communicator, nouncommunicatory, adjective

Word Origin for communicate

C16: from Latin commūnicāre to share, from commūnis common

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