intercommunicate

American  

[in-ter-kuh-myoo-ni-keyt] / ˌɪn tər kəˈmyu nɪˌkeɪt /

verb (used without object)

intercommunicated, intercommunicating

1. to communicate mutually, as people.

2. to afford passage from one to another, as rooms.

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verb (used with object)

intercommunicated, intercommunicating

1. to exchange (messages or communications) with one another.

intercommunicate British  

/ ˌɪntəkəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt /

verb

1. to communicate mutually

2. to interconnect, as two rooms

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Other Word Forms

• intercommunicability noun
• intercommunicable adjective
• intercommunication noun
• intercommunicative adjective
• intercommunicator noun

Etymology

Origin of intercommunicate

First recorded in 1580–90, intercommunicate is from the Medieval Latin word intercommūnicātus (past participle). See inter-, communicate

Example Sentences

The United Kingdom's various contact-tracing apps can now intercommunicate, allowing people to be matched from the different areas they cover.

From BBC

Combining technologies, workstations, and equipment that intercommunicate in a single building is now common.

From Salon

All four are expected to be able to intercommunicate.

From BBC

To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins.

From Project Gutenberg

Somewhere, in one of the offices on the ground floor, a telephone was ringing, and he guessed that Fairspeckle had grown impatient and was calling one of the other departments of the intercommunicating system.

From Project Gutenberg