Standard Lemma guide

communicating

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.keɪ.tɪŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /kəˈmju.nəˌkeɪ.tɪŋ/
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M Y UW1 N AH0 K EY2 T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Allowing people to pass directly between two rooms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Our rooms are connected by a secret communicating passage.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of communicate

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they could not act without official communication from Moscow

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: communication

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: act, deed, human action, human activity

Narrower terms: transmission, intercommunication, medium, channel, communication channel, line, mail, mail service, postal service, post, dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre, discussion, treatment, discourse, exhortation, expression, verbal expression, verbalism, examination, exam, test, persuasion, suasion, dissuasion, expostulation, remonstrance, remonstration, objection, contact, touch, traffic

History

Etymology

From communicate + -ing.

Real reading context

communicating in complete knowledge articles