communicative
Americanadjective
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inclined to communicate or impart; talkative.
He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- Synonyms:
- expansive, voluble, loquacious, free-spoken
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of or relating to communication.
adjective
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inclined or able to communicate readily; talkative
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of or relating to communication
Other Word Forms
- communicatively adverb
- communicativeness noun
- noncommunicative adjective
- noncommunicatively adverb
- noncommunicativeness noun
- overcommunicative adjective
- semicommunicative adjective
Etymology
Origin of communicative
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Medieval Latin commūnicātīvus, from commūnicāt(us) “imparted” (past participle of commūnicāre “to impart, make common”; communicate ) + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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Going forward, with these friends or any others, I’d err on the side of being overly communicative.
From MarketWatch
“We do our best to be communicative. We were searching for an hour with minimal information on this person,” Radus said.
From Los Angeles Times
These results suggest that long-term pressure from environmental toxins may have nudged cognitive and communicative traits along different evolutionary paths in modern humans and Neanderthals.
From Science Daily
Stroll is far from the most communicative or amenable of F1 drivers with the media.
From BBC
“Just talking, being communicative, knowing my guys around me, being in the right spots for spacing — anything,” Finney-Smith said.
From Los Angeles Times
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