INTERCOMMUNICATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intercommunicate mean? 

• INTERCOMMUNICATE (verb)
  The verb INTERCOMMUNICATE has 2 senses:

1. be interconnected, afford passage

2. transmit thoughts or feelings

  Familiarity information: INTERCOMMUNICATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERCOMMUNICATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they intercommunicate    ... he / she / it intercommunicates   
Past simple: intercommunicated   
Past participle: intercommunicated   
-ing form: intercommunicating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be interconnected, afford passage

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

These rooms intercommunicate

Hypernyms (to "intercommunicate" is one way to...):

complect; interconnect; interlink (be interwoven or interconnected)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "intercommunicate"):

communicate (join or connect)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Transmit thoughts or feelings

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

communicate; intercommunicate

Context example:

He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist

Hypernyms (to "intercommunicate" is one way to...):

interact (act together or towards others or with others)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "intercommunicate"):

whistle (utter or express by whistling)

speak; talk (use language)

gesticulate; gesture; motion (show, express or direct through movement)

telepathise; telepathize (communicate nonverbally by telepathy)

write (communicate or express by writing)

radio (transmit messages via radio waves)

network (communicate with and within a group)

sign; signal; signalise; signalize (communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs)

semaphore (convey by semaphore, of information)

gab; yak (talk profusely)

give; throw (convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture)

give; pay (convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow)

give; render (bestow)

carry; convey; express (serve as a means for expressing something)

issue (bring out an official document (such as a warrant))

come across; come over (communicate the intended meaning or impression)

share (communicate)

get (communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone)

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

grimace; make a face; pull a face (contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state)

finger-spell; fingerspell (communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language)

aphorise; aphorize (speak or write in aphorisms)

riddle (speak in riddles)

project (communicate vividly)

contact; get hold of; get through; reach (be in or establish communication with)

bring down; impose; inflict; visit (impose something unpleasant)

commune (communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity)

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)

jest; joke (tell a joke; speak humorously)

blog (read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal)

greet (send greetings to)

address; turn to (speak to)

ask; enquire; inquire (address a question to and expect an answer from)

nod (lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation)

sign (communicate in sign language)

speak; talk (exchange thoughts; talk with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

intercommunication (mutual communication; communication with each other)