communicate
//kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt//
Forms
- present (v1)
- communicate
- past (v2)
- communicated
- past participle (v3)
- communicated
- present participle
- communicating
- 3rd person singular
- communicates
Definitions
1.To impart.
- It is vital that I communicate this information to you.
- The disease was mainly communicated via rats and other vermin.
2.To share
- Many deaf people communicate with sign language.
- The living room communicates with the back garden by these French windows.
- I feel I hardly know him; I just wish he'd communicate with me a little more.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2596
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
Etymology
Adapted borrowing of Latin commūnicāt- (past participial stem of commūnicō (“share, impart; make common”)) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from commūnis (“common”) + -icō.
Compare French communiquer and its older (and now obsolete) English cognate from Middle French, communique.