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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | , past participle of communicare 'to give information, take part', from communis; COMMON1 |
1 to exchange information or conversation with other people, using words, signs, writing etc : 
We communicated mostly by e-mail.
exchange information
[intransitive and transitive]
We communicated mostly by e-mail.2 to express your thoughts and feelings clearly, so that other people understand them : A baby communicates its needs by crying.
tell people something
[intransitive and transitive]A baby communicates its needs by crying. communicate something to somebody Without meaning to, she communicated her anxiety to her child.
Without meaning to, she communicated her anxiety to her child.3 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.
understand
[intransitive]Many couples make themselves miserable by not communicating. communicate with Parents sometimes find it difficult to communicate with their teenage children.
Parents sometimes find it difficult to communicate with their teenage children.4 to pass a disease from one person or animal to another [↪ communicable]
disease
[transitive usually passive]5 if rooms or parts of a building communicate, you can get directly to one from the other : communicating doors
rooms
[intransitive]communicating doors
