communicate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin commūnicātus, perfect passive participle of commūnicō (“share, impart; make common”), from commūnis (“common”).
Verb
communicate (third-person singular simple present communicates, present participle communicating, simple past and past participle communicated)
- To impart
- (transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]
- It is vital that I communicate this information to you.
- (transitive) To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of. [from 16th c.]
- to communicate motion by means of a crank
- Jeremy Taylor
- Where God is worshipped, there he communicates his blessings and holy influences.
- (transitive) To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc. [from 17th c.]
- The disease was mainly communicated via rats and other vermin.
- (transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]
- To share
- (transitive, obsolete) To share (in); to have in common, to partake of. [16th-19th c.]
- We shall now consider those functions of intelligence which man communicates with the higher beasts.
- Ben Jonson
- thousands that communicate our loss
- (intransitive, Christianity) To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion. [from 16th c.]
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 148:
- The ‘better sort’ might communicate on a separate day; and in some parishes even the quality of the communion wine varied with the social quality of the recipients.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 148:
- (transitive, Christianity) To administer the Holy Communion to (someone). [from 16th c.]
- Jeremy Taylor
- She [the church] […] may communicate him.
- Jeremy Taylor
- (intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. [from 16th c.]
- Many deaf people communicate with sign language.
- I feel I hardly know him; I just wish he'd communicate with me a little more.
- (intransitive) To be connected with (another room, vessel etc.) by means of an opening or channel. [from 16th c.]
- The living room communicates with the back garden by these French windows.
- (transitive, obsolete) To share (in); to have in common, to partake of. [16th-19th c.]
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:communicate
Related terms
Translations
to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell
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to pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc.
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to receive or take part in Holy Communion
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to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means
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to be connected with
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