different between apprise vs communicate
apprise
English
Alternative forms
- apprize (archaic)
Etymology
From French appris, apprise, past participle of apprendre (“to teach”), from Latin apprehendere, present active infinitive of apprehend? (“grasp with the mind”), from ad- (“to”) +? prehend? (“take, seize”). Cognate to apprehend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??p?a??z/
- Rhymes: -a?z
Verb
apprise (third-person singular simple present apprises, present participle apprising, simple past and past participle apprised)
- (transitive) To notify, or to make aware; to inform.
Synonyms
- keep (someone) abreast, up to date/up-to-date; See also Thesaurus:inform
Translations
See also
- appraise
References
- “apprise”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- sappier
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.p?iz/
- Rhymes: -iz
Adjective
apprise
- feminine singular of appris
Verb
apprise
- feminine singular of the past participle of apprendre
Anagrams
- papiers
- piperas
- repipas
apprise From the web:
- what appraisers look for
- what appraisers look for in new construction
- what appraisers look for when refinancing
- what appraisers do
- what appraise means
- what apprised mean
- what appraiser looks for when doing appraisal
- what appraisee needs to start doing
communicate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin comm?nic?tus, perfect passive participle of comm?nic? (“share, impart; make common”), from comm?nis (“common”). Doublet of commune.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??mju?n?ke?t/
- Hyphenation: com?mu?ni?cate
Verb
communicate (third-person singular simple present communicates, present participle communicating, simple past and past participle communicated)
- To impart
- (transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]
- It is vital that I communicate this information to you.
- (transitive) To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of. [from 16th c.]
- to communicate motion by means of a crank
- 1660, Jeremy Taylor, The Worthy Communicant; or a Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings consequent to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper
- Where God is worshipped, there he communicates his blessings and holy influences.
- (transitive) To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc. [from 17th c.]
- The disease was mainly communicated via rats and other vermin.
- (transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]
- To share
- (transitive, obsolete) To share (in); to have in common, to partake of. [16th-19th c.]
- We shall now consider those functions of intelligence which man communicates with the higher beasts.
- 1603, Ben Jonson, Sejanus His Fall
- thousands that communicate our loss
- (intransitive, Christianity) To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion. [from 16th c.]
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 148:
- The ‘better sort’ might communicate on a separate day; and in some parishes even the quality of the communion wine varied with the social quality of the recipients.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 148:
- (transitive, Christianity) To administer the Holy Communion to (someone). [from 16th c.]
- 1660, Jeremy Taylor, The Worthy Communicant; or a Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings consequent to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper
- She [the church] […] may communicate him.
- 1660, Jeremy Taylor, The Worthy Communicant; or a Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings consequent to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper
- (intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. [from 16th c.]
- Many deaf people communicate with sign language.
- I feel I hardly know him; I just wish he'd communicate with me a little more.
- (intransitive) To be connected with (another room, vessel etc.) by means of an opening or channel. [from 16th c.]
- The living room communicates with the back garden by these French windows.
- (transitive, obsolete) To share (in); to have in common, to partake of. [16th-19th c.]
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:communicate
Related terms
- communication
- communicator
- excommunicate
- communion
Translations
Latin
Verb
comm?nic?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of comm?nic?
communicate From the web:
- what communicates with the cerebrum
- what communicates with the pituitary
- what communicates genetic information
- what communicates attention and comprehension to a speaker
- what communicate means
- what communicates with the body to ensure homeostasis
- what communicates with the hypothalamus to induce sweating
- what communicates the precision of a measurement
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