communicate English · revision 6875

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1526|origins=la communis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|communicatus]], the past participle of [[m|la|communico|alt=commūnicāre|t=to share, impart, inform]], literally to make common,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) from [[m|la|communis|t=common, public]] (see [[common]]).^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To share or partake of: 1526 in the OED and MWU;^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) to impart information, 1529.^(OED 1989) Etymonline dates it from the 1520s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To transmit a disease or quality is from the 1530s.^(Etymonline) In the Church, to receive or administer Holy Communion is 16th-century.^(Hoad 1986) The intransitive ''to share thoughts, exchange information'' developed later,^(Etymonline) and of rooms or passages, to have a common opening, is from the 18th century.^(Hoad 1986) An adjective communicate, imparted, was used from late Middle English to the early 18th century.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1526 – to share.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1529 – to impart information.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1530s – to transmit a disease.^(Etymonline)

+ * 18th century – of rooms, to connect.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To exchange [[information]], ideas or feelings with others.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To make known; to [[convey]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To pass on a [[disease]] or feeling.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of rooms or spaces, to be connected.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(Christianity)'' To receive [[Communion]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[communicator]]

+ * [[communicatee]]

+ * [[intercommunicate]]

+ * [[miscommunicate]]

+ * [[noncommunicating]]

+ * [[overcommunicate]]

+ * [[telecommunicate]]

+ * [[uncommunicating]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[communication]]

+ * [[communion]]

+ * [[incommunicado]]

+ * [[common]]

+ * [[community]]

+ * [[excommunicate]]

+ * [[communism]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}