How to Use communicate in a Sentence

communicate

verb
Definition of communicatenext
Synonyms for communicatenext
  • He was asked to communicate the news to the rest of the people.
  • She communicated her ideas to the group.
  • The pilot communicated with the airport just before the crash.
  • The two computers are able to communicate directly with one another.
  • We communicate a lot of information through body language.
  • The disease is communicated through saliva.
  • If you're excited about the product, your enthusiasm will communicate itself to customers.
  • He communicated his dissatisfaction to the staff.
  • The couple has trouble communicating.
  • The pandemic forced her to communicate with her students by writing prompts on pieces of paper.
    — Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The supervisor will then communicate over radio, using the livestream footage to help guide the deputy.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Caregivers communicate values to their child that impact their sense of mattering.
    — Gail Cornwall, Good Housekeeping, 16 Feb. 2023
  • He is not allowed to use social media and cannot communicate with Thomas Develin, his co-defendant.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 31 Jan. 2023
  • No matter what the configuration, most travel companions either want to communicate during a flight or sit next to each other.
    — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2023
  • This book also helps parents communicate with teachers, doctors, and other caregivers and get the right diagnosis and treatment.
    — Michelle Pugle, Health, 23 Jan. 2023
  • As planes stood still at the height of the debacle, crewmembers sat stranded at multiple airports, unable to communicate with their dispatchers and schedulers.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Some of the discussions included whether to participate in annual gay pride parades and how to communicate any policy changes to staff.
    — Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Forcing this titanic change is a fungus: a functionally indestructible organism that treats humans as a host on which to feed and through which to communicate with itself.
    — Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Is there a kind way to communicate that her gifts are a burden?
    — Judith Martin, oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Warnock had no way to communicate to staff that there was an emergency, the claim said.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 16 May 2024
  • There is pressure to communicate strength with concern and not to veer too close to the now-cliche Girlboss archetype.
    — Essence, 17 Aug. 2024
  • With no screen, the poor AI Pin can only communicate to the outside world via a cryptic light show.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Set a finite amount of time for the trip -- maybe two weeks -- and then communicate your boundaries before your sons get home.
    — Dear Annie, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Write it down or try and get a guitar just to learn a way to communicate — even just putting pen to paper about your feelings.
    — Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 7 June 2023
  • Sabetan found that devices use the same password to communicate with the Nexx cloud.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Dear Amy: Over the years my brother and I have stopped communicating.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 18 Mar. 2023
  • In the ideal case, Chen added, humans won’t even have to use cellphones to communicate.
    — Sara Ruberg, NBC News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • So sad that whatever the issue is it cannot be communicated and fixed behind closed doors for the sake of the movie.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 8 Aug. 2024
  • And those who work with larger clients are reaching out proactively to communicate the strength of the bank.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2023
  • If the actuarial tables and a lifetime of bad habits are anything to go by, anyone who may still feel the need to communicate with me in, say, 20 years is going to need to invest in a Ouija board.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2024

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