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Noun

S: (n) communication (communication%1:10:01::), communicating (communicating%1:10:00::) (the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information) "they could not act without official communication from Moscow"

Verb

S: (v) communicate (communicate%2:32:01::), pass on (pass_on%2:32:00::), pass (pass%2:32:01::), pass along (pass_along%2:32:00::), put across (put_across%2:32:00::) (transmit information) "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"

direct troponym / full troponym

S: (v) plant (plant%2:31:00::), implant (implant%2:31:00::) (put firmly in the mind) "Plant a thought in the students' minds"
S: (v) send a message (send_a_message%2:32:00::) (give or constitute a signal, not necessarily verbally) "The lack of good teachers sends a strong message to all parents in the community"
S: (v) relay (relay%2:32:00::) (pass along) "Please relay the news to the villagers"
S: (v) get across (get_across%2:32:00::), put over (put_over%2:32:00::) (communicate successfully) "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well"
S: (v) request (request%2:32:01::), ask for (ask_for%2:32:00::), bespeak (bespeak%2:32:00::), call for (call_for%2:32:04::), quest (quest%2:32:01::) (express the need or desire for) "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"; "when you call, always ask for Mary"

S: (v) order (order%2:32:00::) (make a request for something) "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"

S: (v) reorder (reorder%2:32:00::) (make a new request to be supplied with) "The store had to reorder the popular CD several times"
S: (v) place (place%2:32:01::) (to arrange for) "place a phone call"; "place a bet"
S: (v) call (call%2:32:15::) (order or request or give a command for) "The unions called a general strike for Sunday"
S: (v) wish (wish%2:32:01::) (order politely; express a wish for)
S: (v) commission (commission%2:41:02::) (place an order for)

S: (v) ask (ask%2:32:01::) (make a request or demand for something to somebody) "She asked him for a loan"

S: (v) request (request%2:32:02::) (ask (a person) to do something) "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"

S: (v) order (order%2:32:01::), tell (tell%2:32:02::), enjoin (enjoin%2:32:00::), say (say%2:32:04::) (give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority) "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"

S: (v) direct (direct%2:32:00::) (command with authority) "He directed the children to do their homework"

S: (v) stet (stet%2:32:00::) (printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative))

S: (v) instruct (instruct%2:32:01::) (give instructions or directions for some task) "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation"

S: (v) charge (charge%2:32:11::) (instruct or command with authority) "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"
S: (v) charge (charge%2:32:12::) (instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence)

S: (v) command (command%2:32:00::), require (require%2:32:00::) (make someone do something)

S: (v) charge (charge%2:32:01::), saddle (saddle%2:32:00::), burden (burden%2:32:00::) (impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to) "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

S: (v) overburden (overburden%2:32:00::) (burden with too much work or responsibility)
S: (v) bear down (bear_down%2:32:01::) (exert a force or cause a strain upon) "This tax bears down on the lower middle class"
S: (v) overwhelm (overwhelm%2:32:00::), deluge (deluge%2:32:00::), flood out (flood_out%2:32:00::) (charge someone with too many tasks)
S: (v) adjure (adjure%2:32:00::) (command solemnly)

S: (v) requisition (requisition%2:32:00::) (make a formal request for official services)
S: (v) forbid (forbid%2:32:00::), prohibit (prohibit%2:32:00::), interdict (interdict%2:32:00::), proscribe (proscribe%2:32:00::), veto (veto%2:32:00::), disallow (disallow%2:32:00::), nix (nix%2:32:00::) (command against) "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"

S: (v) ban (ban%2:32:00::) (prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure) "Smoking is banned in this building"
S: (v) bar (bar%2:32:00::), debar (debar%2:32:00::), exclude (exclude%2:32:01::) (prevent from entering; keep out) "He was barred from membership in the club"
S: (v) enjoin (enjoin%2:32:01::) (issue an injunction)
S: (v) outlaw (outlaw%2:41:00::), criminalize (criminalize%2:41:00::), criminalise (criminalise%2:41:00::), illegalize (illegalize%2:41:00::), illegalise (illegalise%2:41:00::) (declare illegal; outlaw) "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."

S: (v) ban (ban%2:41:00::), censor (censor%2:41:00::) (forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper))

S: (v) embargo (embargo%2:41:01::) (ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons) "embargoed publications"

S: (v) call (call%2:32:05::), send for (send_for%2:32:00::) (order, request, or command to come) "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"

S: (v) summon (summon%2:32:00::), summons (summons%2:32:00::), cite (cite%2:32:07::) (call in an official matter, such as to attend court)

S: (v) vouch (vouch%2:32:00::) (summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title)
S: (v) demand (demand%2:32:05::) (summon to court)

S: (v) beep (beep%2:32:01::) (call, summon, or alert with a beeper)
S: (v) recall (recall%2:32:02::), call back (call_back%2:32:08::) (summon to return) "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession"
S: (v) call in (call_in%2:32:02::) (summon to a particular activity or employment) "Experts were called in"
S: (v) lift (lift%2:32:01::) (call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs)
S: (v) muster (muster%2:32:00::) (call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc.)
S: (v) hail (hail%2:32:01::) (call for) "hail a cab"
S: (v) summon (summon%2:32:05::) (ask to come) "summon a lawyer"

S: (v) page (page%2:32:00::) (contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system)
S: (v) buzz (buzz%2:32:00::) (call with a buzzer) "he buzzed the servant"
S: (v) convoke (convoke%2:32:00::), convene (convene%2:32:00::) (call together) "The students were convened in the auditorium"
S: (v) beckon (beckon%2:32:01::) (summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture)

S: (v) call up (call_up%2:33:00::), mobilize (mobilize%2:33:01::), mobilise (mobilise%2:33:01::), rally (rally%2:33:00::) (call to arms; of military personnel)

S: (v) warn (warn%2:32:03::) (ask to go away) "The old man warned the children off his property"
S: (v) prescribe (prescribe%2:32:01::) ((medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription) "the doctor prescribed steroids for my ear trouble"

S: (v) call (call%2:32:14::) (order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role) "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty"
S: (v) invite (invite%2:32:00::), bid (bid%2:32:00::) (ask someone in a friendly way to do something)

S: (v) tempt (tempt%2:32:01::), allure (allure%2:32:00::) (dispose or incline or entice to) "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"
S: (v) challenge (challenge%2:32:00::) (issue a challenge to) "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"

S: (v) provoke (provoke%2:32:00::), stimulate (stimulate%2:32:00::) (provide the needed stimulus for)

S: (v) entice (entice%2:32:00::), lure (lure%2:32:00::), tempt (tempt%2:32:04::) (provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion) "He lured me into temptation"

S: (v) hook (hook%2:32:09::), snare (snare%2:32:00::) (entice and trap) "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
S: (v) seduce (seduce%2:32:00::) (lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct) "She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor"
S: (v) call (call%2:32:11::) (lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal) "Call ducks"
S: (v) stool (stool%2:32:00::) (lure with a stool, as of wild fowl)
S: (v) lead on (lead_on%2:32:00::) (entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken)
S: (v) tweedle (tweedle%2:32:00::) (entice through the use of music)
S: (v) decoy (decoy%2:41:00::) (lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy)
S: (v) bait (bait%2:41:00::) (lure, entice, or entrap with bait)

S: (v) rejuvenate (rejuvenate%2:32:02::) (cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land)
S: (v) jog (jog%2:32:00::) (stimulate to remember) "jog my memory"
S: (v) incite (incite%2:32:00::), instigate (instigate%2:32:00::), set off (set_off%2:32:00::), stir up (stir_up%2:32:00::) (provoke or stir up) "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

S: (v) raise (raise%2:32:06::) (activate or stir up) "raise a mutiny"

S: (v) agitate (agitate%2:41:00::), foment (foment%2:41:00::), stir up (stir_up%2:41:00::) (try to stir up public opinion)

S: (v) rumpus (rumpus%2:41:00::) (cause a disturbance)

S: (v) counterchallenge (counterchallenge%2:32:00::) (challenge in turn) "The authentication was counterchallenged"
S: (v) question (question%2:32:01::), oppugn (oppugn%2:32:00::), call into question (call_into_question%2:32:00::) (challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of) "We must question your judgment in this matter"
S: (v) impeach (impeach%2:32:03::) (challenge the honesty or veracity of) "the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses"
S: (v) impugn (impugn%2:32:00::) (attack as false or wrong)
S: (v) defy (defy%2:32:00::), dare (dare%2:32:00::) (challenge) "I dare you!"

S: (v) brazen (brazen%2:32:00::) (face with defiance or impudence) "brazen it out"

S: (v) call one's bluff (call_one's_bluff%2:32:00::) (ask to prove what someone is claiming) "John called Mary's bluff when she claimed she could prove the theorem in under an hour"
S: (v) call out (call_out%2:32:12::) (challenge to a duel) "Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton"
S: (v) remit (remit%2:32:01::), remand (remand%2:32:00::), send back (send_back%2:32:00::) (refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision)
S: (v) appeal (appeal%2:41:00::) (take a court case to a higher court for review) "He was found guilty but appealed immediately"
S: (v) action (action%2:41:00::), sue (sue%2:41:00::), litigate (litigate%2:41:00::), process (process%2:41:00::) (institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against) "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"

S: (v) expedite (expedite%2:41:01::) (process fast and efficiently) "I will try to expedite the matter"

S: (v) litigate (litigate%2:41:01::) (engage in legal proceedings)

S: (v) propose (propose%2:32:01::), declare oneself (declare_oneself%2:32:00::), offer (offer%2:32:12::), pop the question (pop_the_question%2:32:00::) (ask (someone) to marry you) "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"

S: (v) solicit (solicit%2:32:05::) (make a solicitation or petition for something desired) "She is too shy to solicit"

S: (v) encore (encore%2:32:00::) (request an encore, from a performer)
S: (v) petition (petition%2:32:00::) (write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing)

S: (v) supplicate (supplicate%2:32:02::) (make a humble, earnest petition) "supplicate for permission"

S: (v) demand (demand%2:32:00::) (request urgently and forcefully) "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager"

S: (v) want (want%2:31:01::) (wish or demand the presence of) "I want you here at noon!"
S: (v) ask (ask%2:32:05::), require (require%2:32:01::), expect (expect%2:32:00::) (consider obligatory; request and expect) "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"

S: (v) call (call%2:32:12::) (require the presentation of for redemption before maturation) "Call a bond"

S: (v) clamor (clamor%2:32:03::), clamour (clamour%2:32:03::) (make loud demands) "he clamored for justice and tolerance"
S: (v) dun (dun%2:32:00::) (persistently ask for overdue payment) "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone"
S: (v) ask (ask%2:32:09::) (require or ask for as a price or condition) "He is asking $200 for the table"; "The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage"

S: (v) appeal (appeal%2:32:00::), invoke (invoke%2:32:04::) (request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection) "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble"

S: (v) plead (plead%2:32:00::) (appeal or request earnestly) "I pleaded with him to stop"

S: (v) beg (beg%2:32:00::), implore (implore%2:32:00::), pray (pray%2:32:01::) (call upon in supplication; entreat) "I beg you to stop!"

S: (v) crave (crave%2:32:00::) (plead or ask for earnestly)
S: (v) supplicate (supplicate%2:32:00::) (ask humbly (for something)) "He supplicated the King for clemency"
S: (v) importune (importune%2:32:00::), insist (insist%2:32:03::) (beg persistently and urgently) "I importune you to help them"

S: (v) besiege (besiege%2:32:00::) (harass, as with questions or requests) "The press photographers besieged the movie star"

S: (v) bid (bid%2:32:02::), beseech (beseech%2:32:00::), entreat (entreat%2:32:00::), adjure (adjure%2:32:01::), press (press%2:32:01::), conjure (conjure%2:32:03::) (ask for or request earnestly) "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"

S: (v) call on (call_on%2:32:00::), turn (turn%2:32:14::) (have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to) "She called on her Representative to help her"; "She turned to her relatives for help"

S: (v) supplicate (supplicate%2:32:01::) (ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer) "supplicate God's blessing"
S: (v) apply (apply%2:32:00::) (ask (for something)) "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"

S: (v) put in (put_in%2:33:00::), submit (submit%2:33:02::) (make an application as for a job or funding) "We put in a grant to the NSF"

S: (v) solicit (solicit%2:32:00::), beg (beg%2:32:01::), tap (tap%2:32:00::) (make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently) "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"

S: (v) quest (quest%2:32:00::) (seek alms, as for religious purposes)
S: (v) canvass (canvass%2:41:00::) (solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign)

S: (v) circularize (circularize%2:41:02::) (canvass by using a questionnaire)

S: (v) lobby (lobby%2:41:00::), buttonhole (buttonhole%2:41:00::) (detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors)

S: (v) reserve (reserve%2:32:00::) (obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance) "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's"

S: (v) book up (book_up%2:32:00::) (book all available places or tickets)

S: (v) challenge (challenge%2:32:03::) (ask for identification) "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"
S: (v) excuse (excuse%2:32:05::), beg off (beg_off%2:32:00::) (ask for permission to be released from an engagement)
S: (v) demand (demand%2:32:06::) (ask to be informed of) "I demand an explanation"
S: (v) claim (claim%2:32:02::) (ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example) "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"

S: (v) demand (demand%2:32:02::), exact (exact%2:32:00::) (claim as due or just) "The bank demanded payment of the loan"

S: (v) command (command%2:32:02::) (demand as one's due) "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers"
S: (v) call (call%2:40:09::), call in (call_in%2:40:02::) (demand payment of (a loan)) "Call a loan"

S: (v) counterclaim (counterclaim%2:32:00::) (set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim)
S: (v) demand (demand%2:32:09::) (lay legal claim to)

S: (v) invite (invite%2:32:01::), call for (call_for%2:32:03::) (request the participation or presence of) "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference"
S: (v) invite (invite%2:35:00::), ask in (ask_in%2:35:00::) (ask to enter) "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee"

S: (v) call in (call_in%2:35:00::) (summon to enter) "The nurse called in the next patient"

S: (v) desire (desire%2:37:01::) (express a desire for)
S: (v) beg (beg%2:40:00::) (ask to obtain free) "beg money and food"

S: (v) schnorr (schnorr%2:40:00::), shnorr (shnorr%2:40:00::), scrounge (scrounge%2:40:01::), cadge (cadge%2:40:01::) (obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling) "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends"
S: (v) panhandle (panhandle%2:40:00::) (beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money)

S: (v) claim (claim%2:40:00::), lay claim (lay_claim%2:40:00::), arrogate (arrogate%2:40:02::) (demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to) "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident"

S: (v) pretend (pretend%2:40:03::) (put forward a claim and assert right or possession of) "pretend the title of King"
S: (v) requisition (requisition%2:40:00::) (demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service)
S: (v) arrogate (arrogate%2:40:01::), assign (assign%2:40:02::) (make undue claims to having)

S: (v) invite (invite%2:41:00::), ask over (ask_over%2:41:00::), ask round (ask_round%2:41:00::) (invite someone to one's house) "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?"
S: (v) call (call%2:41:04::) (call a meeting; invite or command to meet) "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"; "The new dean calls meetings every week"
S: (v) ask out (ask_out%2:41:00::), ask (ask%2:41:00::), invite out (invite_out%2:41:00::), take out (take_out%2:41:00::) (make a date) "Has he asked you out yet?" "He asekd me to a dance"
S: (v) reserve (reserve%2:41:00::), hold (hold%2:41:00::), book (book%2:41:01::) (arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance) "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's"

S: (v) keep open (keep_open%2:40:00::), hold open (hold_open%2:40:00::), keep (keep%2:40:09::), save (save%2:40:03::) (retain rights to) "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger"

S: (v) telecommunicate (telecommunicate%2:32:00::) (communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail)

S: (v) call (call%2:32:01::), telephone (telephone%2:32:00::), call up (call_up%2:32:00::), phone (phone%2:32:00::), ring (ring%2:32:00::) (get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone) "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"

S: (v) cell phone (cell_phone%2:32:00::) (call up by using a cellular phone) "If the train is late, I will cell phone you"
S: (v) call in (call_in%2:32:00::) (make a phone call) "call in to a radio station"; "call in sick"

S: (v) telex (telex%2:32:00::) (communicate by telex) "We telexed the information to our sister company"
S: (v) cable (cable%2:32:00::), telegraph (telegraph%2:32:00::), wire (wire%2:32:00::) (send cables, wires, or telegrams)
S: (v) fax (fax%2:32:00::), telefax (telefax%2:32:00::), facsimile (facsimile%2:32:00::) (send something via a facsimile machine) "Can you fax me the report right away?"
S: (v) e-mail (e-mail%2:32:00::), email (email%2:32:00::), netmail (netmail%2:32:00::) (communicate electronically on the computer) "she e-mailed me the good news"

S: (v) spam (spam%2:32:00::) (send unwanted or junk e-mail)

S: (v) call (call%2:32:04::) (send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message) "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling"

S: (v) acknowledge (acknowledge%2:32:04::), receipt (receipt%2:32:00::) (report the receipt of) "The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper"
S: (v) carry (carry%2:32:07::) (pass on a communication) "The news was carried to every village in the province"
S: (v) render (render%2:32:01::), deliver (deliver%2:32:01::), return (return%2:32:03::) (pass down) "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
S: (v) message (message%2:32:01::) (send as a message) "She messaged the final report by fax"
S: (v) message (message%2:32:02::) (send a message to) "She messaged the committee"

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame

S: (v) communicate (communicate%2:32:00::), intercommunicate (intercommunicate%2:32:00::) (transmit thoughts or feelings) "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"
S: (v) convey (convey%2:40:10::), transmit (transmit%2:40:10::), communicate (communicate%2:40:10::) (transfer to another) "communicate a disease"
S: (v) communicate (communicate%2:35:00::) (join or connect) "The rooms communicated"
S: (v) communicate (communicate%2:32:02::) (be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas) "He and his sons haven't communicated for years"; "Do you communicate well with your advisor?"
S: (v) communicate (communicate%2:32:08::) (administer Communion; in church)
S: (v) commune (commune%2:32:01::), communicate (communicate%2:32:07::) (receive Communion, in the Catholic church)