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communicate: Meaning and Definition of
com•mu•ni•cate
Pronunciation: (ku-my'ni-k?t"), [key] ? v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing.
?v.t. - to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
- to give to another; impart; transmit: to communicate a disease.
- to administer the Eucharist to.
- to share in or partake of.
?v.i. - to give or interchange thoughts, feelings, information, or the like, by writing, speaking, etc.: They communicate with each other every day.
- to express thoughts, feelings, or information easily or effectively.
- to be joined or connected: The rooms communicated by means of a hallway.
- to partake of the Eucharist.
- to take part or participate.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.