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communicate Definition

com·mu·ni·cate (kə myo̵̅o̅′ni kāt′)

transitive verb -·cat′ed, -·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
  3. to be connected the living room communicates with the dining room

communicate Related Forms
com·mu′·ni·ca′·tor noun
communicate Synonyms

communicate

v.

  1. To impart, as information

    make known, convey, impart, inform, tell, express, advise, notify, acquaint, pass on, pass along, give, hand on, carry, transmit, transfer, write, send word, leave word, bestow, promulgate, broadcast, telecast, announce, state, sign, publish, print, publicize, advertise, divulge, disclose, reveal, enlighten, picture, telephone, phone, call in, telegraph, televise, radio, cable, fax, comment, instill, deliver, enunciate, bring word, get across, put across, emit, dictate, say, assert, apprise, utter, describe, enlighten, articulate, narrate, remark, hint, demonstrate, relate, recite, proclaim, insinuate, mention, give one to understand, call attention to, impress upon the mind, lay before, put into one's head, instruct, point out, blurt out, speak out, pour out, shout, come out with, observe, allege, pronounce, set forth, put forth, give voice to, drop a hint, signal, wigwag, tip*, let fall*, breathe*; see also declare 1, notify 1, report 1, teach 1, tell 1.

    Antonyms conceal, censor*, keep secret.

  2. To be in communication

    be in touch, talk, correspond, have access to, reach, hear from, be within reach, be in correspondence with, be near, be close to, have the confidence of, associate with, commune with, be congenial with, establish contact with, maintain contact with, be in agreement with, confer, converse, confabulate, chat, convey thoughts, discourse together, speak together, deal with, have dealings with, relate, make contact, make advances, write, telephone, call up, fax, wire, cable, have interchange of thoughts, interact, interface, have a meeting of minds, find a common denominator; see also agree.

    Antonyms be out of touch, differ*, be removed from.

communicate Usage Examples

Object

  • message: We can also provide flyer design services to help you communicate the right message to your audience.
  • gospel: Falcon Camps will support you in communicating the gospel to young people.
  • finding: To develop skills in researching information and communicating findings to a specific audience.
  • idea: And I was thinking, ' How would you communicate a sincere idea?
  • meaning: They very clearly communicate the meaning of the work.
  • truth: The Bible makes it clear that God communicated truth to man.

Preposition: with

  • colleague: However, only 62 % use it to communicate with work colleagues.
  • stakeholder: My observations in this area suggest that the developers need tools that help them to communicate with the stakeholders using analog not digital means.
  • audience: One could have communicated more with the audience, by getting them to ' buzz ' each time you appeared.
  • ease: Travel the world and communicate with ease and confidence.
  • client: It was a complex project with many technical hurdles to jump, but we communicated with the client and helped realize their solution.
  • server: Launch the application WS_FTP to communicate with the web server used in this module.

Used with why or when

  • what: We also wanted to ensure the name communicated what we're about.
  • who: Communication Officers Forum Helping agencies communicate more effectively Who is it for?

Modifying Another Word

  • effectively: Any changes in the course or teaching have been communicated effectively 15.
  • verbally: For example, in the real world we are used to communicating verbally and visually through gestures.
  • electronically: Nobody can deny that the pressure for businesses to communicate electronically is immense.
  • clearly: They very clearly communicate the meaning of the work.

Preposition: in

  • manner: If a problem cannot be addressed locally it should be communicated in a timely manner to the appropriate HQ section or DIG.
  • language: On the island, Nicholas became an expert in communicating in chimp language which proved vital.
communicate Quotes

I am not interested in relationships of color or form or anything else† I am interested only in expressing the basic human emotionsötragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so onöand the fact that lots of people breakdown and cry when confronted with my pictures shows that I communicate with those basic human emotions. The people who weep before my pictures are having the same religious experience I had when I painted them. And if you, as you say, are moved only by their color relationships, then you miss the point!

—Rothko, Mark originally Marcus Rothkovitch

Weare not going after Saddam Hussein.If I caneliminate his ability to communicate with his forces, I would be entirely satisfied with that result.

—Schwarzkopf, H Norman

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

—Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)

The interest in life does not lie in what people do, nor even in their relations to each other, but largely in the power to communicate with a third party, antagonistic, enigmatic, yet perhaps persuadable, which one may call life in general.

—Woolf, (Adeline) Virginia ne¤  e Stephen