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Communicate

see synonyms of communicate

Verb

1. communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across

transmit information

Example Sentences:
'Please communicate this message to all employees'
'pass along the good news'

2. communicate, intercommunicate

transmit thoughts or feelings

Example Sentences:
'He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist'

3. communicate, convey, transmit

transfer to another

Example Sentences:
'communicate a disease'

4. communicate

join or connect

Example Sentences:
'The rooms communicated'

5. communicate

be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas

Example Sentences:
'He and his sons haven't communicated for years'
'Do you communicate well with your advisor?'

6. communicate

administer Communion; in church

7. commune, communicate

receive Communion, in the Catholic church

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Communicate

see synonyms of communicate
verb
1. 
to impart (knowledge) or exchange (thoughts, feelings, or ideas) by speech, writing, gestures, etc
2. (transitive; usually foll by to)
to allow (a feeling, emotion, etc) to be sensed (by), willingly or unwillingly; transmit (to)
the dog communicated his fear to the other animals
3. (intransitive)
to have a sympathetic mutual understanding
4. (intransitive; usually foll by with)
to make or have a connecting passage or route; connect
5. (transitive)
to transmit (a disease); infect
6. (intransitive) Christianity
to receive or administer Communion

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Communicate

see synonyms of communicate
verb transitiveWord forms: comˈmuniˌcated or comˈmuniˌcating
1. 
to pass along; impart; transmit (as heat, motion, or a disease)
2. 
to make known; give (information, signals, or messages)
verb intransitive
3. 
to receive Holy Communion
4. 
a. 
to give or exchange information, signals, or messages in any way, as by talk, gestures, or writing
b. 
to have a sympathetic or meaningful relationship
5. 
to be connected
the living room communicates with the dining room

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Communicate

see synonyms of communicate
v. com·mu·ni·cat·ed, com·mu·ni·cat·ing, com·mu·ni·cates
v.tr.
1.
a. To convey information about; make known; impart: communicated his views to our office.
b. To reveal clearly; manifest: Her disapproval communicated itself in her frown.
2. To spread (a disease, for example) to others; transmit: a carrier who communicated typhus.
v.intr.
1. To have an interchange, as of ideas.
2. To express oneself in such a way that one is readily and clearly understood: "That ability to communicate was strange in a man given to long, awkward silences" (Anthony Lewis).
3. Ecclesiastical To receive Communion.
4. To be connected, one with another: apartments that communicate.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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