communicate
VERB:
1. to impart knowledge of; make known:
to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
2. to give or interchange thoughts, feelings, information, or the like, by writing, speaking, etc.:
They communicate with each other every day.
3. to express thoughts, feelings, or information easily or effectively.
4. to impart (knowledge) or exchange (thoughts, feelings, or ideas) by speech, writing, gestures, etc.
5. to allow (a feeling, emotion, etc) to be sensed (by), willingly or unwillingly; transmit (to):
the dog communicated his fear to the other animals.
6. to have a sympathetic mutual understanding.
7. to convey knowledge of or information about; make known:
communicate a story; She communicated her ideas to the group.
8. to reveal by clear signs:
His fear communicated itself to his friends; He communicated his dissatisfaction to the staff.
9. to transmit information, thought, or feeling so that it is satisfactorily received or understood:
two sides failing to communicate with each other; The computer communicates with peripheral equipment.
Examples:
He was asked to communicate the news to the rest of the people; She communicated her ideas to the group. —Merriam-Webster.
of disease:
1. to give to another; impart; transmit:
to communicate a disease.
2. to transmit (a disease); infect.
3. to cause to pass from one to another:
Some diseases are easily communicated.
of rooms or a building:
1. to be joined or connected:
The rooms communicated by means of a hallway.
2. to make or have a connecting passage or route; connect.
3. to open into each other; connect:
The rooms communicate.
in ecclesiastical sense:
1. to administer the Eucharist to.
2. to partake of the Eucharist.
3. Christianity. to receive or administer Communion.
4. to receive Communion:
Some Christians communicate in both elements, bread and wine.
archaic:
to share in or partake of.
obsolete:
to take part or participate.
Origin:
1520–30; < Latin commūnicātus, past participle of commūnicāre to impart, make common, equivalent to commūn(is) common + -icāre v. suffix. British Dictionary: C16: from Latin commūnicāre to share, from commūnis common. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use: 1529. History and Etymology: Latin communicatus, past participle of communicare to impart, participate, from communis common — more at mean. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
1. to impart knowledge of; make known:
to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
2. to give or interchange thoughts, feelings, information, or the like, by writing, speaking, etc.:
They communicate with each other every day.
3. to express thoughts, feelings, or information easily or effectively.
4. to impart (knowledge) or exchange (thoughts, feelings, or ideas) by speech, writing, gestures, etc.
5. to allow (a feeling, emotion, etc) to be sensed (by), willingly or unwillingly; transmit (to):
the dog communicated his fear to the other animals.
6. to have a sympathetic mutual understanding.
7. to convey knowledge of or information about; make known:
communicate a story; She communicated her ideas to the group.
8. to reveal by clear signs:
His fear communicated itself to his friends; He communicated his dissatisfaction to the staff.
9. to transmit information, thought, or feeling so that it is satisfactorily received or understood:
two sides failing to communicate with each other; The computer communicates with peripheral equipment.
Examples:
He was asked to communicate the news to the rest of the people; She communicated her ideas to the group. —Merriam-Webster.
of disease:
1. to give to another; impart; transmit:
to communicate a disease.
2. to transmit (a disease); infect.
3. to cause to pass from one to another:
Some diseases are easily communicated.
of rooms or a building:
1. to be joined or connected:
The rooms communicated by means of a hallway.
2. to make or have a connecting passage or route; connect.
3. to open into each other; connect:
The rooms communicate.
in ecclesiastical sense:
1. to administer the Eucharist to.
2. to partake of the Eucharist.
3. Christianity. to receive or administer Communion.
4. to receive Communion:
Some Christians communicate in both elements, bread and wine.
archaic:
to share in or partake of.
obsolete:
to take part or participate.
Origin:
1520–30; < Latin commūnicātus, past participle of commūnicāre to impart, make common, equivalent to commūn(is) common + -icāre v. suffix. British Dictionary: C16: from Latin commūnicāre to share, from commūnis common. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use: 1529. History and Etymology: Latin communicatus, past participle of communicare to impart, participate, from communis common — more at mean. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.