communicate

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Synonyms: communicatee, communicated, communicant, communicative, communicator, communicants, excommunicate, communicates, communicable, communicans, communicatio

Antonyms: communicatee, communicated, communicant, communicative, communicator, communicants, excommunicate, communicates, communicable, communicans, communicatio

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Verb

1. To impart. To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
   • It is vital that I communicate this information to you.
   • to communicate motion by means of a crank
   • The disease was mainly communicated via rats and other vermin.
2. To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
   • It is vital that I communicate this information to you.
3. To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of.
   • to communicate motion by means of a crank
4. To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc.
   • The disease was mainly communicated via rats and other vermin.
5. To share To share (in); to have in common, to partake of.
   • We shall now consider those functions of intelligence which man communicates with the higher beasts.
   • Many deaf people communicate with sign language.
   • I feel I hardly know him; I just wish he'd communicate with me a little more.
   • The living room communicates with the back garden by these French windows.
6. To share (in); to have in common, to partake of.
   • We shall now consider those functions of intelligence which man communicates with the higher beasts.
7. To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion.
8. To administer the Holy Communion to (someone).
9. To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information.
   • Many deaf people communicate with sign language.
   • I feel I hardly know him; I just wish he'd communicate with me a little more.
10. To be connected by means of an opening or channel .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with with ‘another room, vessel etc.’].
    • The living room communicates with the back garden by these French windows.

Adjective

1. Communicated, (made) commune, joined.

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