Definitions for communicate
kəˈmyu nɪˌkeɪtcom·mu·ni·cate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put acrossverb

   transmit information

   "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"

2. communicate, intercommunicateverb

   transmit thoughts or feelings

   "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"

3. convey, transmit, communicateverb

   transfer to another

   "communicate a disease"

4. communicateverb

   join or connect

   "The rooms communicated"

5. communicateverb

   be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas

   "He and his sons haven't communicated for years"; "Do you communicate well with your advisor?"

6. communicateverb

   administer Communion; in church

7. commune, communicateverb

   receive Communion, in the Catholic church

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. communicateverb

   To impart or transmit (to another); to give a share of.

2. communicateverb

   To impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell.

   It is vital that I communicate this information to you.

3. communicateverb

   To share (in); to have in common, to partake of.

   We shall now consider those functions of intelligence which man communicates with the higher beasts.

4. communicateverb

   To receive or take part in Holy Communion.

   She attended church, but did not communicate at mass.

5. communicateverb

   To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information.

6. Etymology: From communicatus, perfect passive participle of communico, from communis.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To COMMUNICATEverb

   Etymology: communico, Latin.

   1. To impart to others what is in our own power; to make others partakers; to confer a joint possession; to bestow.

   Common benefits are to be communicated with all, but peculiar benefits with choice. Francis Bacon, Essay 13.

   Where God is worshipped, there he communicates his blessings and holy influences. Jeremy Taylor, Worthy Communicant.

   Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee?
   But Diomede desires my company,
   And still communicates his praise with me. John Dryden, Fables.

   2. To reveal; to impart knowledge.

   I learned diligently, and do communicate wisdom liberally: I do not hide her riches. Wisd. vii. 13.

   Charles the hardy would communicate his secrets with none; and least of all, those secrets which troubled him most. Francis Bacon.

   He communicated those thoughts only with the lord Digby, the lord Colepeper, and the chancellor of the exchequer. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

   3. It had anciently the preposition with before the person, to whom communication either of benefits or knowledge was made.

   A journey of much adventure, which, to shew the strength of his privacy, had been before not communicated with any other. Henry Wotton.

   4. Now it has only to.

   Let him, that is taught in the word, communicate unto him that teacheth. Gal. vi. 6.

   His majesty frankly promised, that he could not, in any degree, communicate to any person the matter, before he had taken and communicated to them his own resolutions. Edward Hyde.

   Those who speak in publick, are better heard when they discourse by a lively genius and ready memory, than when they read all they would communicate to their hearers. Isaac Watts.

2. To Communicateverb

   1. To partake of the blessed sacrament.

   The primitive Christians communicated every day. Taylor.

   2. To have something in common with another; as, the houses communicate, there is a passage between them common to both, by which either may be entered from the other.

   The whole body is nothing but a system of such canals, which all communicate with one another, mediately or immediately. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. communicate

   To communicate is to exchange or convey information, ideas or feelings, whether it's verbally, non-verbally, in writing, through gestures, signals, or behaviors. This can take place between individuals, groups, or via technological means. It also involves understanding the message being received from the other person or party.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Communicateverb

   to share in common; to participate in

2. Communicateverb

   to impart; to bestow; to convey; as, to communicate a disease or a sensation; to communicate motion by means of a crank

3. Communicateverb

   to make known; to recount; to give; to impart; as, to communicate information to any one

4. Communicateverb

   to administer the communion to

5. Communicateverb

   to share or participate; to possess or enjoy in common; to have sympathy

6. Communicateverb

   to give alms, sympathy, or aid

7. Communicateverb

   to have intercourse or to be the means of intercourse; as, to communicate with another on business; to be connected; as, a communicating artery

8. Communicateverb

   to partake of the Lord's supper; to commune

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Communicate

   Communicate, released on 12 October 2001, is the second album by New Zealand rock band The Feelers. Singles include "Communicate", "As Good As It Gets", "Astronaut", "Fishing for Lisa", "The Web" and "Anniversary". It has sold over twice platinum on the New Zealand music charts.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Communicate

   kom-ū′ni-kāt, v.t. to give a share of, impart: to reveal: to bestow.—v.i. to have something in common with another: to have communication: to have intercourse: to partake of Holy Communion.—ns. Communicabil′ity, Commū′nicableness, the state of being communicable.—adj. Commū′nicable, that may be communicated: affable.—adv. Commū′nicably.—ns. Commū′nicant, one who partakes of Holy Communion; Communicā′tion, act of communicating: that which is communicated: intercourse: correspondence: a means of communicating, a connecting passage or channel.—adj. Commū′nicative, inclined to communicate or give information: unreserved.—adv. Commū′nicatively.—n. Commū′nicativeness, the quality of being communicative.—adj. Commū′nicatory, imparting knowledge. [L. communicāre, -ātum, from communis.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. communicate

   To use any means or method to convey information of any kind from one person or place to another.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. communicate

   To express data, information, facts, proof, language or words through collective consciousness, our soul, technology or telepathy at superluminal speed.

   We do communicate using telepathy, technology and our soul as we are all connected through our souls on planet earth and we know it.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on September 7, 2020  

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   communicate

   To express data, information, facts, proof, language or words through the voice or senses.

   They did communicate information between each other, only what they needed to know

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 18, 2020  

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   communicate

   To share data, proof, information, facts, statistics, wisdom or knowledge.

   They were very able to communicate effectively.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 8, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Covenant
   • Interact
   • Intercommunicate

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'communicate' in Verbs Frequency: #621

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How to pronounce communicate?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say communicate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of communicate in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of communicate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of communicate in a Sentence

1. Glenn Phillips:

   Because people were able to communicate and post pictures on Facebook, we were immediately able to get a sense of the condition of the animal for our vets, and we were also able to get markers of where the lion was last seen, there's a perception that it's so easy to find these animals and that's not true.

2. Tara Rudnicki:

   It’s pretty revolutionary for people to communicate in bed without any interference with anybody else, it improves independency and autonomy; they don’t have to ask somebody for things we take for granted so much every day.

3. Thomas I. Emerson:

   The right of all members of society to form their own beliefs and communicate them freely to others must be regarded as an essential principle of a democratically organized society.

4. House Speaker Paul Ryan:

   We just said, 'Be yourself, communicate to the country, represent your party as well as you have been and you'll be just fine,' i think she's a great spokesman for our party, I think the future is extremely bright for Nikki and that's why we asked her to do it.

5. Helen Epega:

   I just wasn't able to communicate with people the way I wanted to, and being in Lagos you hear so many different languages and so many different tribes, but the one we all speak is pidgin.... I think more people will be able to understand the opera and feel less intimidated ...because I think opera is for everyone.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=communicate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Communicate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=communicate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communicate
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=communicate
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=communicate
8. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=communicate