communicating

English

Etymology

From communicate + -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.keɪ.tɪŋ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈmju.nəˌkeɪ.tɪŋ/

Verb

communicating

1. present participle and gerund of communicate

Adjective

communicating (not comparable)

1. Allowing people to pass directly between two rooms.

   Our rooms are connected by a secret communicating passage.

   • 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 35:

     I put my grips against the communicating door last night.

   • 1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express—the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 141:

     Step from this car into the last one of the triplet, the restaurant-bar, and the communicating doors will open before you touch them.

Derived terms

• communicating artery
• communicating vessel