communicating 1 of 2

adjective

as in connecting

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communicating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of communicate
1
as in transmitting
to cause (something) to pass from one to another the infected cook unknowingly communicated the disease to hundreds of people

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2
as in talking
to engage in an exchange of information or ideas for decades the two medical centers have been communicating about cancer research

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3
as in displaying
to make known (something abstract) through outward signs his voice communicated a certain distrust and wariness

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Recent Examples of communicating
Verb
Others have questions about changing schools, moving to a new grade, special education eligibility, classroom placement, bullying, IEP implementation or communicating effectively with teachers. — Jennifer Durocher, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026 The puzzles are delightfully unique, too, focusing on you communicating with your friends, and often without words. — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 Know who your child is communicating with, including through online games. — Brian Unger, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 All three members of the Communications task force appears to favor communicating with less precision and greater discipline. — David Zhang, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Morris refers to Brown by his nickname, Tig, and said all the safeties have been impressive in terms of defending passes and communicating with All-Pro linebacker Fred Warner. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026 Citing the temporary TikTok shutdown of January 2026 as an example, Jolicoeur frequently recommends that business owners have their own direct ways of communicating with their customers. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026 Nicholas, communicating by typing on his iPad during the couple’s Zoom interview with PEOPLE, shares a message of his own. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for communicating
  1. connecting
  2. transmitting
  3. talking
  4. displaying
  5. connected
  6. spreading
  7. brainstorming
  8. revealing
Adjective
  • Znotins acknowledges that the airline makes prices for those non-connecting trips expensive to discourage non-connecting customers from booking them.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Gateway is modified to first repair the old 1910 tunnel immediately and construct a more economical new tunnel (without expensive and unneeded bench walls and cross-connecting passageways) and link it directly into Penn Station.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2026
Definition of connecting
Verb
  • Companies are developing robust, modular, and radiation-resilient solutions to filter and process information in space, transmitting only valuable insights.
    — Ben Topor, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • An increasing number of cases does not mean the fungus is transmitting at a more rapid pace than usual.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of transmitting
Verb
  • The boy wasn’t talking, unlike other toddlers his age who are typically using simple words and phrases.
    — Jackie Mader, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2026
  • But Democratic primary voters aren’t talking to GOP strategists.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of talking
Verb
  • The company has also launched a small Crate for storing a growing collection and a 2x2 Frame for displaying favorite releases.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Companies can improve content for readers and retrieval systems by defining unfamiliar terms, answering specific questions directly, identifying authors, displaying publication and update dates and citing primary sources.
    — Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of displaying
Adjective
  • The companies say the results could support future applications across military systems, industrial equipment, automotive technology, IoT devices, Physical AI and connected infrastructure.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Just thinking about connecting to lineage, because we’re all connected to each other and we’re connected to our ancestors.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of connected
Verb
  • Newspapers in Arabic, Urdu and Persian, published in cities such as Bombay, now Mumbai, Calcutta, or Kolkata, Istanbul, London and Cairo helped in spreading religious and political ideas across the globe.
    — Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The wildfire started Saturday in Lassen County before spreading into Sierra County and Washoe County, prompting thousands of evacuations north of Reno.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of spreading
Verb
  • The pair got married at 19 and moved back to her hometown in Mississippi, where Jade began brainstorming content ideas around her new role as woman of the house.
    — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Ahead of the release of her last book Atmosphere, the New York Times bestseller told PEOPLE that brainstorming for her novels has become a family affair.
    — Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
Definition of brainstorming
Verb
  • And Cooke, the season’s MVP of revealing expressions and reaction shots, conveys through Alicent’s uncertain and frightened face at all those butterflies a dawning realization of the betrayal she’s suffered.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Given audiences’ enthusiasm for the film, Erwin did not waste any time revealing his next steps for the story of Washington.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of revealing

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