Definitions for communicate
kəˈmyu nɪˌkeɪtcom·mu·ni·cate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

   transmit information

   "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"

2. communicate, intercommunicateverb

   transmit thoughts or feelings

   "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"

3. convey, transmit, communicateverb

   transfer to another

   "communicate a disease"

4. communicateverb

   join or connect

   "The rooms communicated"

5. communicateverb

   be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas

   "He and his sons haven't communicated for years"; "Do you communicate well with your advisor?"

6. communicateverb

   administer Communion; in church

7. commune, communicateverb

   receive Communion, in the Catholic church

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. communicateverb

   To impart or transmit (to another); to give a share of.

2. communicateverb

   To impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell.

   It is vital that I communicate this information to you.

3. communicateverb

   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.

4. communicateverb

   To receive or take part in Holy Communion.

   She attended church, but did not communicate at mass.

5. communicateverb

   To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information.

6. Etymology: From communicatus, perfect passive participle of communico, from communis.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To COMMUNICATEverb

   Etymology: communico, Latin.

   1. To impart to others what is in our own power; to make others partakers; to confer a joint possession; to bestow.

   Common benefits are to be communicated with all, but peculiar benefits with choice. Francis Bacon, Essay 13.

   Where God is worshipped, there he communicates his blessings and holy influences. Jeremy Taylor, Worthy Communicant.

   Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee?
   But Diomede desires my company,
   And still communicates his praise with me. John Dryden, Fables.

   2. To reveal; to impart knowledge.

   I learned diligently, and do communicate wisdom liberally: I do not hide her riches. Wisd. vii. 13.

   Charles the hardy would communicate his secrets with none; and least of all, those secrets which troubled him most. Francis Bacon.

   He communicated those thoughts only with the lord Digby, the lord Colepeper, and the chancellor of the exchequer. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

   3. It had anciently the preposition with before the person, to whom communication either of benefits or knowledge was made.

   A journey of much adventure, which, to shew the strength of his privacy, had been before not communicated with any other. Henry Wotton.

   4. Now it has only to.

   Let him, that is taught in the word, communicate unto him that teacheth. Gal. vi. 6.

   His majesty frankly promised, that he could not, in any degree, communicate to any person the matter, before he had taken and communicated to them his own resolutions. Edward Hyde.

   Those who speak in publick, are better heard when they discourse by a lively genius and ready memory, than when they read all they would communicate to their hearers. Isaac Watts.

2. To Communicateverb

   1. To partake of the blessed sacrament.

   The primitive Christians communicated every day. Taylor.

   2. To have something in common with another; as, the houses communicate, there is a passage between them common to both, by which either may be entered from the other.

   The whole body is nothing but a system of such canals, which all communicate with one another, mediately or immediately. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Communicateverb

   to share in common; to participate in

2. Communicateverb

   to impart; to bestow; to convey; as, to communicate a disease or a sensation; to communicate motion by means of a crank

3. Communicateverb

   to make known; to recount; to give; to impart; as, to communicate information to any one

4. Communicateverb

   to administer the communion to

5. Communicateverb

   to share or participate; to possess or enjoy in common; to have sympathy

6. Communicateverb

   to give alms, sympathy, or aid

7. Communicateverb

   to have intercourse or to be the means of intercourse; as, to communicate with another on business; to be connected; as, a communicating artery

8. Communicateverb

   to partake of the Lord's supper; to commune

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Communicate

   Communicate, released on 12 October 2001, is the second album by New Zealand rock band The Feelers. Singles include "Communicate", "As Good As It Gets", "Astronaut", "Fishing for Lisa", "The Web" and "Anniversary". It has sold over twice platinum on the New Zealand music charts.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Communicate

   kom-ū′ni-kāt, v.t. to give a share of, impart: to reveal: to bestow.—v.i. to have something in common with another: to have communication: to have intercourse: to partake of Holy Communion.—ns. Communicabil′ity, Commū′nicableness, the state of being communicable.—adj. Commū′nicable, that may be communicated: affable.—adv. Commū′nicably.—ns. Commū′nicant, one who partakes of Holy Communion; Communicā′tion, act of communicating: that which is communicated: intercourse: correspondence: a means of communicating, a connecting passage or channel.—adj. Commū′nicative, inclined to communicate or give information: unreserved.—adv. Commū′nicatively.—n. Commū′nicativeness, the quality of being communicative.—adj. Commū′nicatory, imparting knowledge. [L. communicāre, -ātum, from communis.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. communicate

   To use any means or method to convey information of any kind from one person or place to another.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. communicate

   To express data, information, facts, proof, language or words through collective consciousness, our soul, technology or telepathy at superluminal speed.

   We do communicate using telepathy, technology and our soul as we are all connected through our souls on planet earth and we know it.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on September 7, 2020  

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   communicate

   To express data, information, facts, proof, language or words through the voice or senses.

   They did communicate information between each other, only what they needed to know

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 18, 2020  

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   communicate

   To share data, proof, information, facts, statistics, wisdom or knowledge.

   They were very able to communicate effectively.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 8, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Covenant
   • Interact
   • Intercommunicate

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'communicate' in Verbs Frequency: #621

How to pronounce communicate?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of communicate in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of communicate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of communicate in a Sentence

1. Willy Shih:

   Everybody in China uses WeChat. It's hard to appreciate how important it is for reaching people in China, it appears like [ the US ] is trying to drop an Iron Curtain between the countries so that people can't communicate with each other.

2. Thomas Wolfe:

   There are some people who have the quality of richness and joy in them and they communicate it to everything they touch. It is first of all a physical quality; then it is a quality of the spirit.

3. Mark Weinberger:

   Biden needed to communicate more of what he accomplished, and what he did, but none of that has been out.

4. Prem Rawat:

   In that most magnificent place, the purest of all places—your heart, someone resides there who is your closest friend. There for you always. No cell phone required. No language required to communicate. All is there within you. Other parties have to end, but this one has the possibility of going on and on, for the rest of your life.

5. Former US Attorney Timothy Heaphy:

   In sum, this was a poorly conceived plan that was not flexible enough to not accommodate changing conditions, good intentions, gone awry. Failure to communicate, failure to protect, all a product of the failure to prepare.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=communicate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Communicate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=communicate
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communicate
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=communicate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=communicate
7. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf