communicate

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #4686

Meanings

1

verb
To share information or ideas with someone by speaking, writing, or other means.

Please communicate this message to all employees.
2

verb
To express your thoughts or feelings so others understand them.

They communicated their worries to the doctor.
3

verb
To pass something, such as a disease, from one person to another.

The illness can be communicated through close contact.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to share information or... pass

2 verb · to express your thoughts or... intercommunicate

3 verb · to pass something, such as... pass

More articulate common convey expressoutspeakportray put utter

Word family

Forms communicatedcommunicatescommunicating

Derived forms communicatablecommunicateecommunicatinglycommunicatorincommunicatedincommunicatingintercommunicatemiscommunicatenoncommunicatingovercommunicaterecommunicatetelecommunicate

Related forms communication communion excommunicate

Etymology

From Middle English communicate, an adapted borrowing of Latin commūnicātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), perfect passive participle of commūnicō (“to make commune”).

communicate Middle English commūnicātus Latin

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# communicate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 4686

## Meanings
1. To share information or ideas with someone by speaking, writing, or other means.
2. To express your thoughts or feelings so others understand them.
3. To pass something, such as a disease, from one person to another.

## Examples
- Please communicate this message to all employees.
- They communicated their worries to the doctor.
- The illness can be communicated through close contact.

## Synonyms
- articulate
- common
- convey
- express
- outspeak
- portray
- put
- utter

## Derived Forms
- communicatable
- communicatee
- communicatingly
- communicator
- incommunicated
- incommunicating
- intercommunicate
- miscommunicate
- noncommunicating
- overcommunicate
- recommunicate
- telecommunicate

## Related Forms
- communication
- communion
- excommunicate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: communicate
- Root: commūnicātus
- Affix: -ate - to make

## Etymology
From Middle English communicate, an adapted borrowing of Latin commūnicātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), perfect passive participle of commūnicō (“to make commune”).

## AI Etymology
communicate is a verb and adjective. It is from Middle English communicate, an adapted borrowing of Latin commūnicātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), perfect passive participle of commūnicō (“to make commune”). Historical forms in the chain include communicate (Middle English) and commūnicātus (Latin). Current senses include to share information or ideas with someone by speaking, writing, or other means, to express your thoughts or feelings so others understand them, and to pass something, such as a disease, from one person to another. Derived forms include communicatable, communicatee, communicatingly, communicator, and incommunicated. Related words include communication, communion, and excommunicate.

## Topics
- People & Society

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