communicate

Pronunciation: /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb transmit information
  2. verb transmit thoughts or feelings
  3. verb transfer to another

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Latin commūnicāt- (past participial stem of commūnicō (“share, impart; make common”)) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from commūnis (“common”) + -icō. Compare French communiquer and its older (and now obsolete) English cognate from Middle French, communique.

In classic literature

Synonyms

pass on, pass, pass along, put across

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
convey
Narrower (hyponyms)
carry, message, request, get across, relay

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