Before long, we'll be able to communicate with each other by T.V. telephone.
Source: tatoeba (18759)
Communicate
//kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt//
Synonyms for "communicate" (287 found)
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Closest matches (58)
conveyabutaccordacquaintadhereadjoinadministeradminister communionadvertiseadvertise ofadviceadviseaffordallotallowannounceapprisearticulateassignassociate with
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attend communionattend massawardbandy wordsbe in connectionbe in contactbe in tunebestowbestow onbetrayborderbreakbreathebriefbring wordbroadcastbuttcarrycarry overcelebratecelebrate masschew the fatchew the ragchimechinchorusclinchcoherecolloquecolloquizecomecome out withcome togethercommercecommerce withcommune
Verb(2 words)
Strong matches (86)
commune withcommunicate withcommunicationcommunionconfabconfabulateconferconnectconsignconvergeconversationconverseconverse withconversingcorrespondcorrespond withdealdeal outdeal withdeclare
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deliverdeportdescentdiffusedirectivedisclosediscoursediscourse withdiscoverdiscussiondish outdispensedisseminatedivulgedoledole outdonateembraceemitenlightenenunciateexchangeexpelexportexpressextendextraditefamiliarizefling offfork outformulategetget acrossget overget through togiftgift withgivegive expressiongive freelygive noticegive outgive out withgive the factsgive tonguegive utterancegive voicegive wordgrantgrow togetherhand downhand forwardhand onhand outhand overhang togetherhave dealings withhave intercoursehave truck withheaphelp tohinthold communicationhold together
Related words (143)
impartimplyimportinforminstructintelligenceinterchangeintercommunicateintercommunicationintercourseintimateissuejoinkeepknitlavishleave wordlet havelet knowlet on
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let outlinelipmakemake knownmake overmarchmeanmeetmentionmention tomergemetastasizemetathesizemetemete outneighbornewsnotifyobserveofferopenout withpasspass alongpass onpass overpass the buckperfusephonatephrasepourpour forthpresentprofferpromotepromulgatepronouncepublicizeput acrossput forthput in wordsrainraisereachreceive the sacramentrecountregisterrelaterelayrenderreportrevealsaysendsend wordserveserve noticeset forthshareshare withshell outshoot the breezeshowersignalsignifyslipsnowsolemnizesoundspeakspeak withspreadsuggestsupplyswitchtake counsel withtalktalk togethertalkingteachtelltenderthrow offtidingstouchtraffic withtransfertransfer propertytransfusetranslatetranslocatetransmittransplacetransplanttransposeturn overuniteutterventverbalizevergeversevisit withvocalizevoicevouchsafewavelengthwhisperwordyield
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
34 entriesShowing 16 of 34 words.
Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
14 entrieshas context
1 entrieshas first_subevent
8 entrieshas last_subevent
7 entrieshas prerequisite
40 entriesShowing 16 of 40 words.
has subevent
16 entriesmanner of
4 entriesmotivated by_goal
14 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
similar
1 entriesTranslations
126 translations across 31 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَفَاهَمَ verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
Armenian
3 entries- հաղորդակցվել verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
- հաղորդել verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
- շփվել verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
Aromanian
1 entries- cumnic verb (to receive or take part in Holy Communion)
Belarusian
2 entries- паве́даміць verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
- паведамля́ць verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
Bulgarian
4 entries- общувам verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
- предава́м verb (to impart or transmit (to another); to give a share of)
- пренасям verb (to pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc.)
- причастя́вам се verb (to receive or take part in Holy Communion)
Catalan
1 entries- combregar verb (to receive or take part in Holy Communion)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 溝通 /沟通 verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
Czech
1 entries- komunikovat verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
Danish
1 entries- kommunikere verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
Dutch
4 entries- communiceren verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
- communiceren verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
- mededelen verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
- meedelen verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
Esperanto
3 entries- komuniki verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
- komuniki verb (to impart or transmit (to another); to give a share of)
- komunikiĝi verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
Finnish
4 entries- ilmaista verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
- ilmoittaa verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
- keskustella verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
- kommunikoida verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
French
3 entries- communier verb (to receive or take part in Holy Communion)
- communiquer verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
- se communiquer verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
Galician
1 entries- comungar verb (to receive or take part in Holy Communion)
German
4 entries- an der Kommunion teilnehmen verb (to receive or take part in Holy Communion)
- die Kommunion empfangen verb (to receive or take part in Holy Communion)
- in Verbindung stehen verb (to be connected with)
- kommunizieren verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
Hungarian
4 entries- egymásba nyílik verb (to be connected with)
- elmond verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
- kapcsolódik verb (to be connected with)
- kommunikál verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
Irish
3 entries- Comaoineach a ghlacadh verb (to receive or take part in Holy Communion)
- cuir in iúl verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
- iompair verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
Italian
4 entries- comunicare verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
- comunicare verb (to share (in); to have in common, to partake of)
- comunicare verb (to receive or take part in Holy Communion)
- comunicare verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
Japanese
3 entries- 伝える verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
- 通じる verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
- 連絡をとる verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
Korean
1 entries- 의사소통하다 verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
Malay
2 entries- berkomunikasi verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
- berkomunikasi verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
Middle English
3 entries- comunen verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
- comunen verb (to share (in); to have in common, to partake of)
- comunen verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
Occitan
1 entries- comenjar verb (to receive or take part in Holy Communion)
Polish
4 entries- porozumiewać się verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
- porozumieć się verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
- przekazać verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
- przekazywać verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
Portuguese
4 entries- comungar verb (to receive or take part in Holy Communion)
- comunicar verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
- comunicar verb (to impart or transmit (to another); to give a share of)
- comunicar verb (to share (in); to have in common, to partake of)
Romanian
1 entries- cumineca verb (to receive or take part in Holy Communion)
Russian
4 entries- обща́ться verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
- переда́ть verb (to impart or transmit (to another); to give a share of)
- переда́ть verb (to share (in); to have in common, to partake of)
- передава́ть verb (to impart or transmit (to another); to give a share of)
Spanish
4 entries- compartir verb (to share (in); to have in common, to partake of)
- comulgar verb (to receive or take part in Holy Communion)
- comunicar verb (to share (in); to have in common, to partake of)
- comunicar verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
Swedish
2 entries- kommunicera verb (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell)
- kommunicera verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
Thai
1 entries- สื่อสาร verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
Vietnamese
1 entries- liên lạc verb (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
They dance in circles to communicate a short distance, and shake their bodies and dart back and forth to indicate a longer distance.
Source: tatoeba (18761)
The fact that educated Americans in general no longer share understandable background knowledge is a chief cause of their inability to communicate effectively.
Source: tatoeba (19002)
We need to communicate with each other.
Source: tatoeba (23003)
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