See Also: communicate(1)(dictionary)
communicate(2)(dictionary)
communicate(dictionary)

communicate (oh)



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1 ?exchange information?
2 ?tell people something?
3 ?understand?
4 ?disease?
5 ?rooms?
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[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of communicare 'to give information, take part', from communis; COMMON1]
?EXCHANGE INFORMATION?
[I and T] to exchange information or conversation with other people, using words, signs, writing etc
::We communicated mostly by e-mail.
communicate with
::People use more than words when they communicate with each other.
communicate sth to sb
::The decision was communicated to our staff late in 1998.
?TELL PEOPLE SOMETHING?
[I and T] to express your thoughts and feelings clearly, so that other people understand them
::A baby communicates its needs by crying.
communicate sth to sb
::Without meaning to, she communicated her anxiety to her child.
::His enthusiasm communicated itself to the voters.
::A teacher must be able to communicate effectively to students.
?UNDERSTAND?
[I] if two people communicate, they are able to talk about and understand each other's feelings or desires
::Many couples make themselves miserable by not communicating.
communicate with
::Parents sometimes find it difficult to communicate with their teenage children.
?DISEASE?
[T usually passive] to pass a disease from one person or animal to another
-see also communicable communicable
?ROOMS?
[I] if rooms or parts of a building communicate, you can get directly to one from the other
::communicating doors