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# communicate

verb (communicate, communicates, communicated, communicating)

«communicate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To communicate means to share ideas, feelings or information with others by talking, writing, signs or gestures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communicate/#m1)
2. To communicate can mean to understand each other well: «They communicate well.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communicate/#m2)
3. (of rooms) Communicating rooms are joined by a door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communicate/#m3)

### In the lessons

In English and science lessons communication can be spoken, written, by sign language or by animals' signals. In maths you «communicate your reasoning» by explaining steps. Phrases: «communicate with», «communicate by», «communicate clearly».

### Examples

- Dolphins communicate with clicks and whistles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communicate/#x1)
- We communicate with Gran by video call. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communicate/#x2)
- Deaf people may communicate using sign language. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communicate/#x3)
- Explain your answer to communicate your thinking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communicate/#x4)
- The team must communicate to win. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communicate/#x5)
- Bees communicate by dancing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communicate/#x6)
- I should be obliged if the sender would communicate with me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communicate/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb. Noun: communication. Spelling: double m — com-mu-ni-cate. «Communicate with someone», not «communicate someone».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «communicate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communicate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«communicate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/communicate.html) on Mova free.