Communicative

//kəˈmjuː.nə.keɪ.t̬ɪv// adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Eager to communicate; talkative.

    "One of his attendants had found no little favour in the eyes of Alice, who expressed her suspicions that her mistress had some secret correspondence, for two reasons; first, to satisfy a naturally communicative temper—all common people are communicative: and secondly, in hopes of gaining such assistance as might ultimately gratify her own curiosity, now most uncomfortably excited."

Adjective
  1. 1
    able or tending to communicate wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to communication wordnet

Synonyms

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communicablegossipyoutspokentalkativeaccessibleadvisory

Example

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"With text we mean any communicative situation of significant length."

Etymology

From Middle French communicatif.

Related phrases

communicative competence

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