intercommunicate

American  

[in-ter-kuh-myoo-ni-keyt] / ˌɪn tər kəˈmyu nɪˌkeɪt /

verb (used without object)

intercommunicated, intercommunicating

1. to communicate mutually, as people.

2. to afford passage from one to another, as rooms.

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verb (used with object)

intercommunicated, intercommunicating

1. to exchange (messages or communications) with one another.

intercommunicate British  

/ ˌɪntəkəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt /

verb

1. to communicate mutually

2. to interconnect, as two rooms

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Other Word Forms

• intercommunicability noun
• intercommunicable adjective
• intercommunication noun
• intercommunicative adjective
• intercommunicator noun

Etymology

Origin of intercommunicate

First recorded in 1580–90, intercommunicate is from the Medieval Latin word intercommūnicātus (past participle). See inter-, communicate

Example Sentences

All four are expected to be able to intercommunicate.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2018

The roads by which the various detachments of the army could intercommunicate for concentration upon any given point were numerous and well kept up, and were familiar to all commanding and staff officers.

From The Campaign of Chancellorsville by Dodge, Theodore Ayrault

You may intercommunicate all that you wish at a distance of four or five thousands leagues in less than half an hour.

From Heroes of the Telegraph by Munro, John

These marshes are threaded, cobweb fashion, by myriads of lines of water and mud that intercommunicate.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

Again something sacred is done in all the sacraments, which belongs to the notion of "Sacrifice"; and the faithful intercommunicate through all the sacraments, which this Greek word Synaxis and the Latin Communio express.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint