kəˈmyünəˌkāt, usu -ād.+V verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Latin communicatus, past participle of communicare to share, impart, partake, from communis common — more at mean
transitive verb
1. archaic : partake of : use or enjoy in common : share
thousands that communicate our loss — Ben Jonson
2.
a. : to make known : inform a person of : convey the knowledge or information of
communicate the news
communicate 0 his secret to a friend
b. : impart , transmit
communicate 0 his pleasure to us
an odor communicated to one's fingers
communicating the disease to others
c. : to make (itself) known — used of an intangible
his tension communicated itself to his companion
3.
[Late Latin communicatus, from Latin]
: to administer the Communion to (a person)
the priest communicating him
4. archaic : to put (oneself) into close connection or relationship with — used with to
5. archaic : to give or deliver over (something material or tangible) : bestow
intransitive verb
1.
[Late Latin communicatus, from Latin]
: to partake of the Lord's Supper : receive Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christians communicate in both elements
2. obsolete : to have a common part : participate , share
3. : to send information or messages sometimes back and forth : speak, gesticulate, or write to another to convey information : interchange thoughts
they communicated with each other for years
4. : be connected : open into each other : afford unbroken passage : join
the two rooms communicate
the pantry communicates with the hall
5. philosophy : to have something logically in common : be further specifications of a common universal : be overlapping classifications or connotations
6. : to arouse or enlist the sympathetic interest or understanding — used with with
old plays that … have long since lost their ability to communicate with an audience — Wolcott Gibbs