Communicate Definition

kə-myo͝onĭ-kāt

communicated, communicates, communicating

verb

communicated, communicates, communicating

To make known; give (information, signals, or messages)

Webster's New World

To pass along; impart; transmit (as heat, motion, or a disease)

Webster's New World

To give or exchange information, signals, or messages in any way, as by talk, gestures, or writing.

Webster's New World

To reveal clearly; manifest.

Her disapproval communicated itself in her frown.

American Heritage

To have a sympathetic or meaningful relationship.

Webster's New World

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Origin of Communicate

Borrowing from Latin commūnicātus, perfect passive participle of commūnicō (“share, impart; make common”), from commūnis (“common”).

From Wiktionary
Latin commūnicāre commūnicāt- from commūnis common mei-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition