communicate

//kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt//
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Verb

communicateInfinitive
communicatePresent tense
communicatedPast tense
communicatedPast participle
communicatingPresent participle
communicatesThird-person singular
1

to share or exchange information, ideas, or feelings with someone by speaking, writing, or using other methods

We communicate with each other by email every day.

2

to succeed in conveying one's ideas or in evoking understanding in others

He communicates well with his students.

3

to be connected or have a passage between two places or rooms

The two rooms communicate through a narrow hallway.

4

to transmit or pass on (a disease or feeling)

The virus can be communicated through direct contact.