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com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅tive

[kuh-myoo-ni-key-tiv, -kuh-tiv]
–adjective
1. inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
2. of or pertaining to communication.
Also, com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅to⋅ry [kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] .


Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ML commūnicātīvus, equiv. to commūnicāt(us) (see communicate ) + -īvus -ive


com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅tive⋅ness, noun


1. free-spoken, loquacious, voluble, expansive.
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com·mu·ni·ca·tive   (kə-myōō'nĭ-kā'tĭv, -kə-tĭv)   
adj.  
  1. Inclined to communicate readily; talkative.

  2. Of or relating to communication.

com·mu'ni·ca'tive·ly adv., com·mu'ni·ca'tive·ness n.
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Main Entry: com·mu·ni·ca·tive
Pronunciation: k&-'myü-n&-"kA-tiv, -k&-tiv
Function: adjective
1 : tending or serving to communicate communicative gesture>
2 : of or relating to communication
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