com·mu·ni·cate [ kə myni kàyt ](past and past participlecom·mu·ni·cat·ed, present participlecom·mu·ni·cat·ing, 3rd person present singularcom·mu·ni·cates)
verb
Definition:
1. transitive and intransitive verb exchange information: to give or exchange information, e.g. by speech or writing We communicate by e-mail.
2. transitive verb convey feeling or thought: to transmit or reveal a feeling or thought by speech, writing, or gesture so that it is clearly understood
3. intransitive verb understand one another: to share a good personal understanding siblings who never really communicate
4. intransitive verb have common access: to be connected or provide access to each other
5. transitive verb medicine transmit disease: to pass a disease or infection on to somebody
6. intransitive verb christianity give or receive Communion: to give or receive the Christian sacrament of Communion
[Early 16th century. < Latin communicat-, past participle of communicare "share" < communis "common"]
