Pronunciations (2)
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/kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/
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kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt
Verb
To impart. To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
Usage- Transitive
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It is vital that I communicate this information to you.
To impart. To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of.
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to communicate motion by means of a crank
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Did ye not knovv that I ought to be ib my fathers houſe? that is, there vvhere God is vvorſhipped, vvhere he communicates his bleſſing and holy influences, there and there only vve are ſure to meet our deareſt Lord.
To impart. To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc.
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The disease was mainly communicated via rats and other vermin.
To share To share (in); to have in common, to partake of.
Usage- Obsolete
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We shall now consider those functions of intelligence which man communicates with the higher beasts.
thousands that communicate our loss
To share To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion.
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It seems that now [the Devil] was driving Alison hard. She had been remiss of late—fewer souls sent to hell, less zeal in quenching the Spirit, and, above all, the crowning offense that her bairn had communicated in Christ's kirk.
The ‘better sort’ might communicate on a separate day; and in some parishes even the quality of the communion wine varied with the social quality of the recipients.
To share To administer the Holy Communion to (someone).
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[W]hen ſhe [the church] can underſtand that ſuch an emendation is made, and the man is really reformed, ſhe can pronounce him pardon'd, or vvhich is all one, ſhe may communicate him.
To share To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information.
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Many deaf people communicate with sign language.
I feel I hardly know him; I just wish he'd communicate with me a little more.
To share To be connected by means of an opening or channel [with with ‘another room, vessel etc.’].
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The living room communicates with the back garden by these French windows.
There was a door in the kitchen, communicating with the forge; […]
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A scheme of internal staircases and upper stories enabled the rooms built upon this eastern slope to communicate with the Central Court on the crown of the hill.
Adjective
Communicated, (made) commune, joined.
Usage- Obsolete
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The property of the manhood is communicate with the other nature.
Art..gives a natural scope, and lasting experience, to Genius. Artists are men of a communicate genius.
Verb
transmit information
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Please communicate this message to all employees
pass along the good news
transmit thoughts or feelings
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He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist
transfer to another
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communicate a disease
join or connect
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The rooms communicated
be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas
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He and his sons haven't communicated for years
Do you communicate well with your advisor?
administer Communion; in church
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receive Communion, in the Catholic church
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