verb (used with object),com·mu·ni·cat·ed,com·mu·ni·cat·ing.
to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
to give to another; impart; transmit: to communicate a disease.
to administer the Eucharist to.
Archaic. to share in or partake of.
verb (used without object),com·mu·ni·cat·ed,com·mu·ni·cat·ing.
to give or interchange thoughts, feelings, information, or the like, by writing, speaking, etc.: They communicate with each other every day.
to express thoughts, feelings, or information easily or effectively.
to be joined or connected: The rooms communicated by means of a hallway.
to partake of the Eucharist.
Obsolete. to take part or participate.
Origin of communicate
1520–30; <Latin commūnicātus, past participle of commūnicāre to impart, make common, equivalent to commūn(is) common + -icāre v. suffix
SYNONYMS FOR communicate
1 divulge, announce, disclose, reveal.
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ANTONYMS FOR communicate
1 withhold, conceal.
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synonym study for communicate
1. Communicate,impart denote giving to a person or thing a part or share of something, now usually something immaterial, as knowledge, thoughts, hopes, qualities, or properties. Communicate, the more common word, implies often an indirect or gradual transmission: to communicate information by means of letters, telegrams, etc.; to communicate one's wishes to someone else.Impart usually implies directness of action: to impart information.
Citizens, perhaps, need to feel like they can communicate something to science.
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We also found messengers who could communicate the truth of our lives.
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“I have something to communicate to you,” said Mrs. Howland.
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How much they had to say one to another, how much to communicate one to the other!
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Time must therefore be allowed for the prisoner to communicate with the President and Secretary of State.
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I knew this word to be one of the Jewish countersigns, and asked the man if he had anything to communicate?
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The Earl of Salisbury judged it to be the effusion of a lunatic, but thought it well, nevertheless, to communicate it to the king.
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British Dictionary definitions for communicate
communicate
/ (kəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt) /
verb
to impart (knowledge) or exchange (thoughts, feelings, or ideas) by speech, writing, gestures, etc
(tr usually foll by to) to allow (a feeling, emotion, etc) to be sensed (by), willingly or unwillingly; transmit (to)the dog communicated his fear to the other animals
(intr)to have a sympathetic mutual understanding
(intr usually foll by with) to make or have a connecting passage or route; connect
(tr)to transmit (a disease); infect
(intr)Christianityto receive or administer Communion
Derived forms of communicate
communicator, nouncommunicatory, adjective
Word Origin for communicate
C16: from Latin commūnicāre to share, from commūniscommon