communicate

Academic Word List, sublist 4.

About 14.00 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To impart. To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   It is vital that I communicate this information to you.

2. verb To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   It is vital that I communicate this information to you.

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

   to communicate motion by means of a crank

4. verb To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc.

   The disease was mainly communicated via rats and other vermin.

5. verb To share 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.

6. verb 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.

7. verb To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion.
8. verb To administer the Holy Communion to (someone).

Similar words

intercommunicate put across transmit convey pass pass on commune tell announce indicate

Often followed by

with to the in their and a his it

Word family

communicable communicated communicatee communicatees communicates communicating communication communications communicative communicatively