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communicate definition

com·mu·ni·cate (kə myo̵̅o̅ni kāt′)

transitive verb communicated -·cat′ed, communicating -·cat′·ing

  1. to pass along; impart; transmit (as heat, motion, or a disease)
  2. to make known; give (information, signals, or messages)

Etymology: < L communicatus, pp. of communicare, to impart, share, lit., to make common < communis, common

intransitive verb

  1. to receive Holy Communion
    1. to give or exchange information, signals, or messages in any way, as by talk, gestures, or writing
    2. to have a sympathetic or meaningful relationship
  2. to be connected the living room communicates with the dining room

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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