English > communicate: 7 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | transmit information. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
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| Model | They communicate the information to them |
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| Example | "Please communicate this message to all employees" |
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| Synonyms | pass on, pass, pass along, put across |
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| Narrower | acknowledge, receipt | Report the receipt of |
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| carry | Pass on a communication |
| get across, put over | Communicate successfully |
| message | send as a message |
| message | send a message to |
| plant, implant | put firmly in the mind |
| relay | Pass along |
| render, deliver, return | Pass down |
| request, ask for, bespeak, call for, quest | Express the need or desire for |
| send a message | Give or constitute a signal, not necessarily verbally |
| telecommunicate | Communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail |
| Broader | convey, transmit, communicate | transfer to another |
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| Spanish | comunicar, informar, transmitir |
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| Catalan | comunicar, fer entendre |
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| Adjectives | communicative, communicatory | able or tending to communicate |
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| communicative | of or relating to communication / communication |
| Nouns | communication | something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups |
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| communication, communicating | the activity of communicating |
| communication | a connection allowing access between persons or places |
| communicator | a person who communicates with others |
English > communicate: 7 senses > verb 2, communication| Meaning | transmit thoughts or feelings. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
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| Example | "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
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| Synonym | intercommunicate |
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| Narrower | address, turn to | speak to |
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| aphorize, aphorise | speak or write in aphorisms |
| ask, inquire, enquire | address a question to and expect an answer from |
| blog | read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal |
| carry, convey, express | Serve as a means for expressing something |
| come across, come over | Communicate the intended meaning / meaning or impression |
| commune | Communicate intimately with |
| fingerspell, finger-spell | communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language |
| gesticulate, gesture, motion | show, express or direct through movement |
| get | Communicate with a place or person |
| give, throw | convey or communicate |
| give, pay | convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc. |
| give, render | bestow |
| greet | Send greetings to |
| grimace, make a face, pull a face | contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state |
| inflict, bring down, visit, impose | impose something unpleasant |
| inform | Impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
| issue | bring out an official document (such as a warrant / warrant) |
| joke, jest | tell a joke |
| network | Communicate with and within a group |
| nod | lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation |
| project | Communicate vividly |
| radio | transmit messages via radio waves |
| reach, get through, get hold of, contact | Be in or establish communication with |
| riddle | speak in riddles |
| semaphore | convey by semaphore, of information |
| share | Communicate |
| sign, signal, signalize, signalise | Communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs |
| sign | communicate in sign language |
| speak, talk | Use language |
| talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise | Express in speech |
| talk, speak | Exchange thoughts |
| telepathize, telepathise | Communicate nonverbally by telepathy |
| whistle | Utter or express by whistling |
| write | Communicate or express by writing |
| yak, gab | Talk profusely |
| Broader | interact | Act together or towards others or with others |
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| Spanish | comunicar, transmitir |
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| Catalan | comunicar-se, comunicar |
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| Adjectives | communicative, communicatory | able or tending to communicate |
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| Nouns | communication | something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups |
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| communication, communicating | the activity of communicating |
| communicator | a person who communicates with others |
