intercommunicate

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

/ ˌɪn tər kəˈmyu nɪˌkeɪt /

Save This Word!

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.

QUIZ

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?

There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?

Question 1 of 7

Which sentence is correct?

His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of intercommunicate

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

OTHER WORDS FROM intercommunicate

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use intercommunicate in a sentence

There is a certain intercommunication between the impulses which pass along these various nerve fibres.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
They frequently deployed so as to cover a considerable area in their hunt, and had a method of intercommunication.
Pomo Bear Doctors|Samuel Alfred Barrett
This perpetual intercommunication, joined to the power of instantaneous action, keeps us always alive with excitement.
Pages From an Old Volume of Life|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
From this commingling of worship in the city, and intercommunication of ideas in the provinces, the most important events arose.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2)|John William Draper

How much do not education and the intercommunication of ideas increase our powers and vivacity of perception.
Evolution, Old & New|Samuel Butler

British Dictionary definitions for intercommunicate

intercommunicate

/ (ˌɪntəkəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt) /

verb (intr)

to communicate mutually

to interconnect, as two rooms

Derived forms of intercommunicate

intercommunicable, adjectiveintercommunicability, nounintercommunication, nounintercommunicative, adjective

intercommunicator, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012