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Communicate Communicated Kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt Communicating Verb Email Sign Language

Word3 communicate
WordType (verb)
Phonetic /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/
Example
  • we only communicate by email.
  • they communicated in sign language.
  • candidates must be able to communicate effectively.
  • dolphins use sound to communicate with each other.
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communicate

(verb)/kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/

    Verb Forms

  1. to share or exchange information, news, ideas, feelings, etc.
    • We only communicate by email.
    • They communicated in sign language.
    • Candidates must be able to communicate effectively.
    • Dolphins use sound to communicate with each other.
    • Direct marketing allows a firm to communicate directly with its customers.
    • In times of uncertainty, a leader must be able to communicate a message of hope.
    • Language evolved as a means of communicating information between individuals.
    • He was eager to communicate his ideas to the group.
    • Her nervousness was communicating itself to the children.
    • They failed to communicate what was happening and why.

    Extra Examples

    • By this age most children have begun to communicate verbally.
    • Newspapers are an important way of communicating information.
    • She is unable to communicate her ideas to other people.
    • We communicated through an interpreter.
    • We usually communicate by letter.
    • Nobody had communicated the information to us.
  2. to have a good relationship because you are able to understand and talk about your own and other people’s thoughts, feelings, etc.
    • His inability to communicate has damaged their relationship beyond repair.
    • The novel is about a family who can't communicate with each other.
    • couples who communicate well with one another
  3. to pass a disease from one person, animal, etc. to another
    • The disease is communicated through dirty drinking water.
  4. if two rooms communicate, they are next to each other and you can get from one to the other
    • a communicating door (= one that connects two rooms)

    Word Origin

    • early 16th cent.: from Latin communicat- ‘shared’, from the verb communicare ‘to share’, from communis ‘common’.
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