communicates
- 1Third-person singular simple present indicative of communicate.
The new manager communicates her expectations early and often.
Each nerve cell communicates with its neighbors through chemical signals.
Note
The -s ending sits on a verb that works both with and without an object. With an object it imparts something: she communicates the news, an infected animal communicates a disease. In church usage the two constructions part ways. The priest communicates the congregation, giving them the sacrament, while a worshipper simply communicates, receiving it. The older sense of sharing in something is now obsolete.
communicates is a form of communicate
communicate, verb: To express or exchange ideas and information with others, whether through words or other signs. Full entry
- Forms
- communicatecommunicates he/she/itcommunicating -ing formcommunicated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- communicate → communicates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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