English Dictionary

communicate

/kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/

verb

(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. / (transitive) To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of.

I need to communicate with my team about the project.

意味（1）

(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.

It is vital that I communicate this information to you.

意味（2）

(transitive) To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of.

to communicate motion by means of a crank

意味（3）

(transitive) To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc.

The disease was mainly communicated via rats and other vermin.

意味（4）

(transitive, obsolete) To share (in); to have in common, to partake of.

We shall now consider those functions of intelligence which man communicates with the higher beasts.

意味（5）

(intransitive, Christianity) To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion.

It seems that now [the Devil] was driving Alison hard. She had been remiss of late — fewer souls sent to hell, less zeal in quenching the Spirit, and, above all, the crowning offense that her bairn had communicated in Christ's kirk.

意味（6）

(transitive, Christianity) To administer the Holy Communion to (someone).

She [the church] […] may communicate him.

意味（7）

(intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information.

Many deaf people communicate with sign language.

意味（8）

(intransitive) To be connected with (another room, vessel etc.) by means of an opening or channel.

The living room communicates with the back garden by these French windows.