English verb: communicate | |||
1. | communicate (communication) transmit information | ||
Samples | Please communicate this message to all employees. Pass along the good news. | ||
Examples | They communicate the information to them | ||
Synonyms | pass, pass along, pass on, put across | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | communicate, convey, transmit | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | acknowledge, bespeak, call for, carry, deliver, get across, implant, message, message, plant, put over, quest, receipt, relay, render, request, return, send a message | ||
2. | communicate (communication) transmit thoughts or feelings | ||
Samples | He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist. | ||
Synonyms | intercommunicate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | interact | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | address, aphorise, aphorize, ask, blog, bring down, carry, come across, come over, commune, contact, convey, enquire, express, finger-spell, fingerspell, gab, gesticulate, gesture, get, get hold of, get through, give, give, give, greet, grimace, impose, inflict, inform, inquire, issue, jest, joke, make a face, motion, mouth, network, nod, pay, project, pull a face, radio, reach, render, riddle, semaphore, share, sign, sign, signal, signalise, signalize, speak, speak, speak, talk, talk, talk, telecommunicate, telepathise, telepathize, throw, turn to, utter, verbalise, verbalize, visit, whistle, write, write, yak | ||
3. | communicate (possession) transfer to another | ||
Samples | Communicate a disease. | ||
Synonyms | convey, transmit | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | transfer | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across | ||
4. | communicate (contact) join or connect | ||
Samples | The rooms communicated. | ||
Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | intercommunicate | ||
5. | communicate (communication) be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas | ||
Samples | He and his sons haven't communicated for years. Do you communicate well with your advisor?. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | interact | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | message | ||
6. | communicate (communication) administer Communion; in church | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | covenant | ||
Verb group | commune, communicate | ||
Antonyms | excommunicate, unchurch, curse | ||
7. | communicate (communication) receive Communion, in the Catholic church | ||
Synonyms | commune | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | covenant | ||
Verb group | communicate | ||