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communicate.

To impart.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/
  1. To impart. To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.

    transitive
    It is vital that I communicate this information to you.
  2. To impart. To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of.

    transitive
    to communicate motion by means of a crank
  3. To impart. To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc.

    transitive
    The disease was mainly communicated via rats and other vermin.
  4. To share To share (in); to have in common, to partake of.

    obsolete · transitive
    We shall now consider those functions of intelligence which man communicates with the higher beasts.
  5. To share To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion.

    intransitive
  6. To share To administer the Holy Communion to (someone).

    transitive
  7. To share To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information.

    intransitive
    Many deaf people communicate with sign language.
    I feel I hardly know him; I just wish he'd communicate with me a little more.
  8. To share To be connected by means of an opening or channel [with with ‘another room, vessel etc.’].

    intransitive
    The living room communicates with the back garden by these French windows.
Where this word comes from

Adapted borrowing of Latin commūnicāt- (past participial stem of commūnicō (“share, impart; make common”)) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from commūnis (“common”) + -icō. Compare French communiquer and its older (and now obsolete) English cognate from Middle French, communique.

adj
  1. Communicated, (made) commune, joined.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English communicate, an adapted borrowing of Latin commūnicātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), perfect passive participle of commūnicō (“to make commune”).

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