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communicate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'communicate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Communicate [ v. i.]
- To share in common; to participate in.
- To impart; to bestow; to convey; as, to communicate a disease or a sensation; to communicate motion by means of a crank.
- To make known; to recount; to give; to impart; as, to communicate information to any one.
- To administer the communion to.
- To share or participate; to possess or enjoy in common; to have sympathy.
- To give alms, sympathy, or aid.
- To have intercourse or to be the means of intercourse; as, to communicate with another on business; to be connected; as, a communicating artery.
- To partake of the Lord's supper; to commune.

Meaning of 'communicate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . communicate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- transfer to another
Example in sentence:
  • communicate a disease
Meaning (2):
- be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas
Example in sentence:
  • Do you communicate well with your advisor?;
  • He and his sons haven't communicated for years
Meaning (3):
- transmit thoughts or feelings
Example in sentence:
  • He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist
Meaning (4):
- transmit information
Example in sentence:
  • pass along the good news;
  • Please communicate this message to all employees
Meaning (5):
- join or connect
Example in sentence:
  • The rooms communicated

Nearby Words:

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