Communicate



GRE TOEFL 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 传送信息, 沟通
• ［英］ v. 传送信息, 沟通 ( make sth known)
• ［记］ com+mun ( 公共) +ic+ate -> 大家共有 -> 交流
• ［同］ 派生词: communication n. 传递, 传播 ( act of communicating)

Webster Collegiate

verb (-cated; -cating)

• Etymology: Latin communicatus, past participle of communicare to impart, participate, from communis common — more at mean
• Date: 1526
• transitive verb
  • 1. archaic share
  • 2.
    • a. to convey knowledge of or information about ; make known <communicate a story
    • b. to reveal by clear signs <his fear communicated itself to his friends
  • 3. to cause to pass from one to another <some diseases are easily communicated
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to receive Communion
  • 2. to transmit information, thought, or feeling so that it is satisfactorily received or understood <two sides failing to communicate with each other
  • 3. to open into each other ; connect <the rooms communicate
• ? communicatee noun
• ? communicator noun

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