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We communicate our ideas by speaking, writing, drawing, and signing.
What does Communicate mean?
Communicate means to express or exchange a message so it can be received or understood.
Dictionary definition
To communicate means to express or exchange information, ideas, or feelings through speech, writing, movement, signs, or other signals. Devices can communicate by sending data; in formal uses, something may communicate a disease, and rooms that communicate connect directly.
Example sentences
Communicate in a sentence
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The two sensors communicate with the tablet by sending data.
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The guide explained that insects can communicate danger with signals and that some diseases are communicated through close contact.
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Practice 1
Which action is communication?
Communication uses speech, writing, movement, signs, data, or other signals to express or exchange a message.
Practice 2
Which sentence shows devices communicating?
Devices communicate when they send and receive information or signals.
Practice 3
What does communicate a disease mean in formal writing?
In this formal sense, communicate means cause something to pass from one person or place to another.
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Communicate
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kuh · myoo · ni · kayt · strongest beat: myoo
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WordCommunicate.
Partverb.
MeaningCommunicate means to express or exchange a message so it can be received or understood.
ExampleExample: We communicate our ideas by speaking, writing, drawing, and signing.
Word breakdown
4 syllables. Say each part, then blend the word.
- Syllables
- kuh · myoo · ni · kayt
- Strongest beat
- myoo
- Ending
- kayt
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on myoo.
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Synonyms
Words like Communicate
Antonym review
Does Communicate have an opposite?
Communicate has no direct antonym across expressing, exchanging, device, transmission, and connecting-room senses. Withhold contrasts with revealing information, while miscommunicate still involves communication.
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Word family
Communicate word family
Base word
communicate
verb
communicates
The present-tense form used with he, she, it, or one device.
verb
communicated
The past-tense and past-participle form.
verb
communicating
The continuing verb form.
noun
communication
The act or process of expressing or exchanging messages.
noun
communicator
A person or device that communicates.
adjective
communicative
Willing or able to communicate, or related to communication.
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Hint for students
Communication is broader than talking. Look for information, ideas, or feelings moving through words, writing, movement, signs, sounds, or data.
Common mix-up
Communicate is not a synonym for talk in every sentence: people can communicate without speech, and devices can communicate. Miscommunicate means send or understand a message incorrectly, not the opposite of communicating.
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Pairs communicate the same simple message once with words and once without speech, then identify the signal, intended meaning, and possible misunderstanding.
Teacher prompt
Compare communication through words, body movement, signs, animal signals, and device data. Ask whether each example successfully sends, receives, or exchanges a message.
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