1. (

• communication ,
• communicating

) the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" ;

1. (

• communicate ,
• pass_on ,
• pass ,
• pass_along ,
• put_across

) transmit information; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" ;

2. (

• communicate ,
• intercommunicate

) transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" ;

3. (

• convey ,
• transmit ,
• communicate ,

) transfer to another; "communicate a disease" ;

4. (

• communicate

) join or connect; "The rooms communicated" ;

5. (

• communicate ,

) be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas; "He and his sons haven't communicated for years"; "Do you communicate well with your advisor?" ;

6. (

• communicate ,

) administer Communion; in church ;

7. (

• commune ,
• communicate ,

) receive Communion, in the Catholic church ;