COMMUNICABLE, COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATION, COMMUNICATIVE
ADJECTIVES
► DECLARATIVE communicative; declaring oneself; declaring or uttering one’s opinion; communicative → 1647 obs.
► IMPARTABLE communicable → 1653
NOUNS
► BIT SPIT any electronic communication → 1997 US sl.
► CANAL a medium of communication, means, agency; now ‘channel’ → 1711 obs.
► COMMO communication → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
► DEADHEAD a state of non-communication → 2000 sl.
► EYE-PARLEY communication by interchange of looks → 1668 obs.
► IMPARTANCE communication → 1811
► TONGUE-SPEAKING oral, as distinct from written communication → 1902
VERBS
► IMPORT to communicate information etc. → 1565 obs.
► KEEP THE LINES OPEN to maintain communication → 20C sl.
► TUNE to communicate → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
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