communicate-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: Transmit information, thoughts, or feelings.

Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[agent] COMMUNICATE NP2[patient] NP1 COMMUNICATE (PP)

Examples:
Please communicate this message to all employees.
The church communicates the 'good news' of Jesus Christ.
He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist.
The two brothers haven't communicated in years.
We should communicate by letter to avoid detection.

Mappings:
VerbNet: correspond-36.1,transfer_mesg-37.1.1
FrameNet: Communication,Discussion
PropBank: communicate.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 5

Sense Number 2: Transfer to another.

Examples:
We have to be careful not to communicate disease.
He communicated Ebola to the whole village.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 3: Join or connect, as in a physical space.

Examples:
The two rooms communicated.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 4: Participate in communion or Eucharist.

Examples:
A lay person may not self-communicate.
In church, all communicate at the appointed time.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6, 7