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communicate
What does communicate mean?
communicate (verb): to impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use communicate in a sentence?
- It is vital that I communicate this information to you. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce communicate?
/kəˈmjunəˌkeɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does communicate come from?
Adapted borrowing of Latin commūnicāt- (past participial stem of commūnicō (“share, impart; make common”)) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from commūnis (“common”) + -icō.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to communicate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “communicate” mean?
to cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames
Not quite: that's what burn means.
to examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely
Not quite: that's what scan means.
to impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell
Right! That's what “communicate” means.
to mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other
Not quite: that's what blend means.
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