intercommunicate

[ in-ter-kuh-myoo-ni-keyt ]

/ ˌɪn tər kəˈmyu nɪˌkeɪt /

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

to communicate mutually, as people.

to afford passage from one to another, as rooms.

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

to exchange (messages or communications) with one another.

Nearby words

intercollegiate, intercolonial, intercolumniation, intercom, intercommon, intercommunicate, intercommunication system, intercommunion, intercommunity, intercompany, interconfessional

Origin of intercommunicate

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

Related forms

in·ter·com·mu·ni·ca·ble, adjectivein·ter·com·mu·ni·ca·bil·i·ty, nounin·ter·com·mu·ni·ca·tion, nounin·ter·com·mu·ni·ca·tive, adjective

in·ter·com·mu·ni·ca·tor, noun

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Examples from the Web for intercommunication

Finally, the means of intercommunication increased, and they became plentiful and cheap.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll
Intercommunication in the biological sense has been allowed to run at haphazard.
The Psychology of Nations|G.E. Partridge
Most of the people went naked, except for a girdle round the loins, and there was no intercommunication between the islands.
Men of the Old Stone Age|Henry Fairfield Osborn
Since then its purpose of intercommunication and trade relations with France have been sustained under its presidents.
Montreal 1535-1914, Volume II (of 2)|William Henry Atherton

This instrument is thus the greatest civilizing force we have, for civilization is very largely a matter of intercommunication.
The Age of Big Business|Burton J. Hendrick

British Dictionary definitions for intercommunication

intercommunicate

/ (ˌɪntəkəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt) /

verb (intr)

to communicate mutually

to interconnect, as two rooms

Derived Forms

intercommunicable, adjectiveintercommunicability, nounintercommunication, nounintercommunicative, adjective

intercommunicator, noun

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