communicate
To impartTo impart.: To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
» We use words in order to communicate.
Wir verwenden Worte, um zu kommunizieren.
Мы используем слова для общения.
Для общения мы пользуемся словами.
Для спілкування ми використовуємо слова.
Meaning
8 sensesTo 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
(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
(transitive)To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc.
The disease was mainly communicated via rats and other vermin.
übertragen
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
(transitive)To administer the Holy Communion to (someone).
administer Communion; in church
(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
(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
(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 sentencesWe use words in order to communicate.
Для спілкування ми використовуємо слова.
ruМы используем слова для общения.
deWir verwenden Worte, um zu kommunizieren.
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.
We can communicate with each other in many ways.
Ми можемо спілкуватись один з одним різними способами.
deWir können miteinander auf vielfältige Weise kommunizieren.
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.
We've been communicating regularly.
Ми регулярно спілкуємося.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 7
Origin
Adapted borrowing of Latin commūnicāt- (past participial stem of commūnicō (“share, impartAdapted 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 form | communicate · to communicate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | communicates |
| Present participle | communicating |
| Past simple | communicated |
| Past participle | communicated |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
18 synonyms- transmit thoughts or feelings:intercommunicate
- transmit information:pass onpasspass alongput across
- receive Communion, in the Catholic church:commune
- transfer to another:conveytransmit
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
5 patterns- communicate with each
- able to communicate
- to communicate with
- to communicate in
- usually communicate