communicate

com|mu|ni|cate

W3S3 [kəˈmju:nıkeıt] v

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1¦(exchange information)¦

2¦(tell people something)¦

3¦(understand)¦

4¦(disease)¦

5¦(rooms)¦

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[Date: 1500-1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of communicare 'to give information, take part', from communis; COMMON¹]

1.) ¦(EXCHANGE INFORMATION)¦ [I and T]

to exchange information or conversation with other people, using words, signs, writing etc

▪ We communicated mostly by e-mail.

communicate with

▪ People use more than words when they communicate with each other.

communicate sth to sb

▪ The decision was communicated to our staff late in 1998.

2.) ¦(TELL PEOPLE SOMETHING)¦ [I and T]

to express your thoughts and feelings clearly, so that other people understand them

▪ A baby communicates its needs by crying.

communicate sth to sb

▪ Without meaning to, she communicated her anxiety to her child.

▪ His enthusiasm communicated itself to the voters.

▪ A teacher must be able to communicate effectively to students.

3.) ¦(UNDERSTAND)¦ [I]

if two people communicate, they are able to talk about and understand each other's feelings or desires

▪ Many couples make themselves miserable by not communicating.

communicate with

▪ Parents sometimes find it difficult to communicate with their teenage children.

4.) ¦(DISEASE)¦ [T usually passive]

to pass a disease from one person or animal to another

→↑communicable

5.) ¦(ROOMS)¦ [I]

if rooms or parts of a building communicate, you can get directly to one from the other

▪ communicating doors