communicate
IPA: kʌmjˈunʌkeɪt
verb
- To impart
- (transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
- (transitive) To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of.
- (transitive) To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc.
- To share
- (transitive, obsolete) To share (in); to have in common, to partake of.
- (intransitive, Christianity) To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion.
- (transitive, Christianity) To administer the Holy Communion to (someone).
- (intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information.
- (intransitive) To be connected with (another room, vessel etc.) by means of an opening or channel.
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Examples of "communicate" in Sentences
- The way humans normally communicate is through natural language.
- Using flutes, whistles, and drums to communicate is a very old idea.
- Probably because she was forced to communicate is way that was not natural to her.
- I think limiting the number of characters that congressmen can use to communicate is a good idea.
- I also compile lots of research to back or inform the ideas that I hope to communicate from a more personal perspective.
- —STEVE CASE, CHAIRMAN, AMERICA ONLINE he root of the word communicate, the Latin communis, means to partake or share, the same as in words like community and communion.
- From being mainly reliant upon a laptop or netbook to keep in touch, I am now able to communicate from a pocket-sized device whenever I want and wherever I happen to be.
- China touts the ABILITY to communicate is expanding: The combined number of fixed and mobile phone users reached 1,061.07 million, an increase of 79.47 million over that at the end of the previous year.
- "I think the ability to communicate is often referred to and talked about and is vital to success, but I think that it may even be trumped by the ability to listen and hear from what your players are experiencing and make judgments on that to move forward."
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