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Antonyms for communicate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuh-myoo-ni-keyt
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈmyu nɪˌkeɪt



Definition of communicate

Origin :
  • 1520s, "to impart" (information, etc.), from Latin communicatus, past participle of communicare "impart, inform" (see communication). Meaning "to share, transmit" (diseases, etc.) is from 1530s. Related: Communicated; communicating.
  • verb give or exchange information, ideas
  • verb mutually exchange information
Example sentences :
  • She must communicate the dread defiling fact with her own lips!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • What she saw clear as day it could not be hard to communicate to one who loved as he loved!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Not hearing from you, we shall try to communicate this news in some other way.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • He says they would not want to communicate with us if they had such trivial things to say.'
  • Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie
  • But monsieur I have nothing to communicate to you concerning the disappearance of your friends.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • But was there not greater danger in attempting to communicate?
  • Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
  • Hence His anxiety to communicate His idea of life to others.
  • Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond
  • It is of him I wish to speak, certainly; but I have no misfortune to communicate.'
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • "Yes, we can communicate," the single voice that spoke for two said.
  • Extract from : « Now We Are Three » by Joe L. Hensley
  • But I can communicate with you by a surer medium, if you will grant a request.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 » by Various

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