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communicate

 
/kəˈmju·nɪˌkeɪt/ v [I/T]

Definition

to give messages or information to others through speech, writing, body movements, or signals: [T] She said we should communicate our requests in writing rather than over the telephone. If two people communicate with each other, they are able to understand each other and have a satisfactory relationship: [I] The play deals with the inability of people to communicate with the people they love.
(Definition of communicate v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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