Definition of intercommunicate in English:
intercommunicate
verb ˌɪntəkəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtˌɪn(t)ərkəˈmjunəkeɪt
[no object]1Engage in two-way communication.
Dr Haber gazed at this while intercommunicating with his receptionist
Example sentencesExamples
- What could be more conventional than the taps on the wall by which prisoners in neighboring cells intercommunicate in code?
- But this thing they call ‘spiritualism,’ wherein a medium intercommunicates with the dead, is a fraud from start to finish.
- Roberta Brinton, at the University of Southern California, has succeeded in growing neurons in a cell culture on electronic chips that can intercommunicate.
Synonyms
cooperate, work together, collaborate
2often as adjective intercommunicating(of two rooms) have a common connecting door.
Example sentencesExamples
- The spacious sitting room has a marble fireplace, patio doors, bay window and intercommunicating doors to the dining room which has a tiled floor, two velux roof windows, patio doors and is open plan to the kitchen.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Anglo-Latin intercommunicat- 'mutually communicated', from the verb intercommunicare.
Rhymes
communicate, excommunicate, tunicate
Definition of intercommunicate in US English:
intercommunicate
verbˌin(t)ərkəˈmyo͞onəkātˌɪn(t)ərkəˈmjunəkeɪt
[no object]1Engage in two-way communication.
Dr. Haber gazed at this while intercommunicating with his receptionist
Example sentencesExamples
- Roberta Brinton, at the University of Southern California, has succeeded in growing neurons in a cell culture on electronic chips that can intercommunicate.
- What could be more conventional than the taps on the wall by which prisoners in neighboring cells intercommunicate in code?
- But this thing they call ‘spiritualism,’ wherein a medium intercommunicates with the dead, is a fraud from start to finish.
Synonyms
cooperate, work together, collaborate
2(of two rooms) have a common connecting door.
there were two apartments on the next floor, intercommunicating
Example sentencesExamples
- The spacious sitting room has a marble fireplace, patio doors, bay window and intercommunicating doors to the dining room which has a tiled floor, two velux roof windows, patio doors and is open plan to the kitchen.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Anglo-Latin intercommunicat- ‘mutually communicated’, from the verb intercommunicare.