communicate
verb
com·mu·ni·cate
kə-ˈmyü-nə-ˌkāt 
communicated; communicating
1
a
: to convey knowledge of or information about : make known
communicate a story
She communicated her ideas to the group.
b
: to reveal by clear signs
His fear communicated itself to his friends.
He communicated his dissatisfaction to the staff.
2
: to cause to pass from one to another
Some diseases are easily communicated.
3
archaic
: share
1
: 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.
2
: to open into each other : connect
The rooms communicate.
3
: to receive Communion
Some Christians communicate in both elements, bread and wine.
Examples of communicate in a Sentence
He was asked to communicate the news to the rest of the people.
She communicated her ideas to the group.
The two computers are able to communicate directly with one another.
The pilot communicated with the airport just before the crash.
The couple has trouble communicating.
the challenge of getting the two groups to communicate with each other
We communicate a lot of information through body language.
He communicated his dissatisfaction to the staff.
If you're excited about the product, your enthusiasm will communicate itself to customers.
The disease is communicated through saliva.
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Sasaki and the Dodgers have worked to communicate more effectively.
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Katie Woo, New York Times, 18 May 2026
And mistaking one for the other is another legacy of how the Cold War foreshortened the humanistic possibilities of the intellectual revolution of the past eighty years—a revolution that has, miraculously, allowed people to communicate with machines using human languages.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
The visual treatment, which divided beta players, is meant to communicate both threat and false confidence to both fighters in the exchange.
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—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
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Katie Woo, New York Times, 18 May 2026
And mistaking one for the other is another legacy of how the Cold War foreshortened the humanistic possibilities of the intellectual revolution of the past eighty years—a revolution that has, miraculously, allowed people to communicate with machines using human languages.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
The visual treatment, which divided beta players, is meant to communicate both threat and false confidence to both fighters in the exchange.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, a longtime faculty member at UM’s architecture school who wrote the city’s Miami 21 code, which has underpinned the current explosion of dense, walkable redevelopment, said government should be clearly communicating the issues Miami-Dade faces, but isn’t.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
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“Communicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communicate. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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communicate
verb
com·mu·ni·cate
kə-ˈmyü-nə-ˌkāt
communicated; communicating
1
a
: to make known
communicate the news
b
: to pass from one to another : transmit
communicate a disease
2
: to transmit information, thought, or feeling so that it is satisfactorily received or understood
the pilot communicated with the airport
3
: to open into each other : connect
the rooms communicate
Medical Definition
communicate
transitive verb
com·mu·ni·cate
kə-ˈmyü-nə-ˌkāt
communicated; communicating
: to cause to pass from one to another
some diseases are easily communicated
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