"communicate" meaning in English

See communicate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ Audio: en-us-communicate.ogg [US] Forms: communicate [canonical], communicates [third-person, singular], communicated [past], communicated [past, participle], communicating [present, participle]
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  1. If you communicate an idea, you make someone else understand your idea, usually by using words.
    Sense id: simple-communicate-en-verb-Q1o0T6Mb
     
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