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communicate verb [ kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt ]

• share or exchange information, news, or ideas.
• "the prisoner was forbidden to communicate with his family"
Similar: liaise, be in touch, be in contact, be in communication, make contact, have dealings, interface, commune, meet, meet up, talk, speak, converse, chat, have a conversation, have a chat, have a discussion, visit, have a confab, chew the fat, chew the rag, have a chinwag, shoot the breeze,
• pass on (an infectious disease) to another person or animal.
• "the disease is communicated from one person to another"
Similar: transmit, transfer, spread, carry, pass on, hand on, convey,
• (of two rooms) have a common connecting door.
• "the dining room communicates with the kitchen"
Similar: connect with, be connected to, join up with, link up with, open on to, lead into, give access to,
• receive Holy Communion.
• "orthodox policy is to communicate in both kinds (i.e. both bread and wine)"
Origin: early 16th century: from Latin communicat- ‘shared’, from the verb communicare, from communis (see common).


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