intercommunicate

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

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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.

Origin of intercommunicate

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

Related formsin·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, adjectivein·ter·com·mu·ni·ca·tor, noun

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Related Words for intercommunication

elucidation, intelligence, dissemination, talking, interchange, publication, intercourse, transfer, assertion, writing, communion, reading, correspondence, articulation, advice, converse, delivery, mention, advisement, link

Examples from the Web for intercommunication

Historical Examples of intercommunication

The history of commerce is the history of the intercommunication of peoples.
The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin
Frederick Jackson Turner
Intercommunication in the biological sense has been allowed to run at haphazard.
The Psychology of Nations
G.E. Partridge
The means of intercommunication are as primitive as those of Colombia.
Commercial Geography
Jacques W. Redway
And the rapidity of their intercommunication was extraordinary.
The Eighteen Christian Centuries
James White
There was much variety as well as freedom of intercommunication.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe
John M. Tyler

British Dictionary definitions for intercommunication

intercommunicate

verb (intr)

to communicate mutually
to interconnect, as two rooms

Derived Formsintercommunicable, adjectiveintercommunicability, nounintercommunication, nounintercommunicative, adjectiveintercommunicator, noun

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