Meaning

8 senses
  1. To impart.

    (transitive)To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.

    It is vital that I communicate this information to you.

    mitteilen, übermitteln, kommunizieren

    сообща́тьsoobščátʹ, сообщи́тьsoobščítʹ, уведомля́тьuvedomljátʹ

    transmit information

  2. (transitive)To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of.

    to communicate motion by means of a crank

    weitergeben, weitertragen, überbringen

    передава́тьperedavátʹ, переда́тьperedátʹ

  3. (transitive)To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc.

    The disease was mainly communicated via rats and other vermin.

    übertragen

  4. To share

    (intransitive)To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion.

    kommunizieren, die Kommunion empfangen, an der Kommunion teilnehmen

    причаща́тьсяpričaščátʹsja, причасти́тьсяpričastítʹsja

    receive Communion, in the Catholic church

  5. (transitive)To administer the Holy Communion to (someone).

    administer Communion; in church

  6. (intransitive)To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information.

    Many deaf people communicate with sign language.

    I feel I hardly know him; I just wish he'd communicate with me a little more.

    sich verständigen, kommunizieren

    обща́тьсяobščátʹsja

    be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas

  7. (intransitive)To be connected by means of an opening or channel [with with ‘another room, vessel etc.’].

    The living room communicates with the back garden by these French windows.

    in Verbindung stehen, verbunden sein

  8. (obsolete, transitive)To share (in); to have in common, to partake of.

    We shall now consider those functions of intelligence which man communicates with the higher beasts.

    teilen

    передава́тьperedavátʹ, переда́тьperedátʹ

Examples

421 sentences
  1. We use words in order to communicate.

    Для спілкування ми використовуємо слова.

    ruМы используем слова для общения.

    deWir verwenden Worte, um zu kommunizieren.

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  2. You don't have to sound like a native speaker in order to communicate.

    Для того, щоб спілкуватися, не обов'язково говорити, як носій мови.

    ruДля общения не обязательно говорить в точности так, как те, для кого этот язык является родным.

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  3. We can communicate with each other in many ways.

    Ми можемо спілкуватись один з одним різними способами.

    deWir können miteinander auf vielfältige Weise kommunizieren.

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  4. Tom says that he is able to communicate with the dead.

    Том каже, що може спілкуватися з мертвими.

    ruТом говорит, что может общаться с умершими.

    deTom sagt, er könne mit den Toten kommunizieren.

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  5. We've been communicating regularly.

    Ми регулярно спілкуємося.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell:
to impart or transmit (to another); to give a share of:
to receive or take part in Holy Communion:
to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means:
Deutsch
By meaning 7
to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell:
to impart or transmit (to another); to give a share of:
to pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc.:
to share (in); to have in common, to partake of:
to receive or take part in Holy Communion:
to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means:
to be connected with:

Origin

Adapted borrowing of Latin commūnicāt- (past participial stem of commūnicō (“share, impart

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.

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Forms

communicates, communicating, communicated, communicated
Base formcommunicate · to communicate
3rd person singularcommunicates
Present participlecommunicating
Past simplecommunicated
Past participlecommunicated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycommunicate
he, she, itcommunicates

Past simpleLesson

all personscommunicated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave communicated
he, she, ithas communicated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill communicate

Synonyms

18 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

20 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • communicate with each
  • able to communicate
  • to communicate with
  • to communicate in
  • usually communicate

See also

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