What does communicate mean?
Word: Communicate
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Communicate means to share ideas, feelings or information with others, by speaking, writing, signs or other means.
Synonyms: share, talk
How do you spell communicate?
Syllables: com - mu - ni - cate
Tricky part: After the double m comes a u that you hear as you: com-mu-ni-cate. Commnicate, without it, is a common slip.
Watch out for: comunicate, communikate
Memory tip: Two m's for two people: me and my friend need both to communicate.
Communicate in a sentence
Example 1: Deaf people often communicate using sign language.
Example 2: We communicate with our cousins in Canada on video calls.
Example 3: Good teams communicate clearly during a match.
Fun Fact
Communicate came into English from Latin in the 1500s. Its Latin root meant to share, and sharing ideas is still what the word is about.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
c_mmunic_te
a) o, a
b) u, a
c) o, e
d) a, a
Show answer
a) o, a. It starts com, with an o, and ends in cate, the way educate does.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) conversation
b) language
c) communecate
d) message
Show answer
c) communecate. The letter after the n is an i, as in unit.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: communicate
a) forget
b) conceal
c) obey
d) convey
Show answer
d) convey. To convey a message is to pass it on, which is what communicate means.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tunmocaimec
a) communal
b) community
c) communicate
d) commentate
Show answer
c) communicate. Commentate has no i, community needs a y and communal an l; all eleven letters give communicate.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. You can communicate without any words by ____.
a) waving goodbye
b) reading aloud
c) singing a song
d) making a phone call
Show answer
a) waving goodbye
2. Honeybees show each other where flowers are by ____.
a) changing their colour
b) leaving coloured marks
c) building wax maps
d) doing a special dance
Show answer
d) doing a special dance
