communicate
pronunciation
How to pronounce communicate in British English:
UK [kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt]
How to pronounce communicate in American English:
US [kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt]
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- Verb:
- transmit information
- transmit thoughts or feelings
- transfer to another
- join or connect
- be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas
- administer communion; in church
- receive Communion, in the Catholic church
Word Origin
- communicate (v.)
- 1520s, "to impart" (information, etc.), from Latin communicatus, past participle of communicare "impart, inform" (see communication). Meaning "to share, transmit" (diseases, etc.) is from 1530s. Related: Communicated; communicating.
Example
- 1. The way humans normally communicate is through natural language .
- 2. How can system thinkers communicate with non-system thinkers ?
- 3. While connected , you can communicate with the service through an interface that the service exposes .
- 4. You should communicate your values about sex .
- 5. Different generations of the same technology cannot communicate .