intercommunicate
[ in-ter-kuh-myoo-ni-keyt ]
verb (used without object),in·ter·com·mu·ni·cat·ed, in·ter·com·mu·ni·cat·ing.
to communicate mutually, as people.
to afford passage from one to another, as rooms.
verb (used with object),in·ter·com·mu·ni·cat·ed, in·ter·com·mu·ni·cat·ing.
to exchange (messages or communications) with one another.
Origin of intercommunicate
1First recorded in 1580–90, intercommunicate is from the Medieval Latin word intercommūnicātus (past participle). See inter-, communicate
Other words from intercommunicate
- in·ter·com·mu·ni·ca·ble, adjective
- in·ter·com·mu·ni·ca·bil·i·ty, noun
- in·ter·com·mu·ni·ca·tion, noun
- in·ter·com·mu·ni·ca·tive, adjective
- in·ter·com·mu·ni·ca·tor, noun
Words Nearby intercommunicate
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use intercommunicate in a sentence
These marshes are threaded, cobweb fashion, by myriads of lines of water and mud that intercommunicate.
A Book of Ghosts | Sabine Baring-Gould
British Dictionary definitions for intercommunicate
intercommunicate
/ (ˌɪntəkəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt) /
verb(intr)
to communicate mutually
to interconnect, as two rooms
Derived forms of intercommunicate
- intercommunicable, adjective
- intercommunicability, noun
- intercommunication, noun
- intercommunicative, adjective
- intercommunicator, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse