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Meaning of "communicative" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COMMUNICATIVE

communicative  [kəˈmjuːnɪkətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMMUNICATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Communicative is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES COMMUNICATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of communicative in the English dictionary

The definition of communicative in the dictionary is inclined or able to communicate readily; talkative. Other definition of communicative is of or relating to communication.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMMUNICATIVE


adjudicative
əˈdʒuːdɪkətɪv
applicative
əˈplɪkətɪv
duplicative
ˈdjuːplɪkətɪv
excommunicative
ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkətɪv
explicative
ɪkˈsplɪkətɪv
fricative
ˈfrɪkətɪv
implicative
ɪmˈplɪkətɪv
incommunicative
ˌɪnkəˈmjuːnɪkətɪv
indicative
ɪnˈdɪkətɪv
intercommunicative
ˌɪntəkəˈmjuːnɪkətɪv
lubricative
ˈluːbrɪkətɪv
medicative
ˈmɛdɪkətɪv
predicative
prɪˈdɪkətɪv
prejudicative
priːˈdʒuːdɪkətɪv
reduplicative
rɪˈdjuːplɪkətɪv
replicative
ˈreplɪkətɪv
siccative
ˈsɪkətɪv
significative
sɪɡˈnɪfɪkətɪv
uncommunicative
ˌʌnkəˈmjuːnɪkətɪv
vellicative
ˈvɛlɪkətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMMUNICATIVE

communicatee
communicating
communication
communication breakdown
communication channels
communication cord
communication gap
communication interface
communication line
communication science
communication skills
communicational
communications
communications network
communications satellite
communications zone
communicatively
communicativeness
communicator
communicatory

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMMUNICATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
creative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
innovative
legislative
narrative
native
negative
quantitative
relative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of communicative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «COMMUNICATIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «communicative» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of communicative

Translation of «communicative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMMUNICATIVE

Find out the translation of communicative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of communicative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «communicative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

交际
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

comunicativa
570 millions of speakers

English

communicative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मिलनसार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التواصل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

коммуникативная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

comunicativo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যোগাযোগমূলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

communicatif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Komunikatif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kommunikativ
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

通信の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의사 소통
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Komunikatif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giao tiếp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொடர்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बोलका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

konuşkan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

comunicativo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

komunikatywny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

комунікативна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

comunicativ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επικοινωνιακές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kommunikatiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kommunikativ
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kommunikative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of communicative

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMMUNICATIVE»

The term «communicative» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.759 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMMUNICATIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about communicative

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7 QUOTES WITH «COMMUNICATIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word communicative.
1
Kabir Bedi
Every relationship comes with a shelf life; that duration could be a minute or even a lifetime. If, for whatever reasons, a relationship cannot last a lifetime, contrary to what the two people imagined, then both the individuals have to be communicative and have to understand and accept the reality.
2
Kristin Davis
I'm an actress who likes a strong, communicative director.
3
Daisaku Ikeda
History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.
4
John Lescroart
Acquiring an aggressive, honest, and communicative agent with actual relationships in real-live New York publishing houses is, in my opinion, the single most important move that a writer who aspires to be successful can make.
5
David Nicholls
There's no shortage of orphans in 19th-century literature, but it's hard to find a single happy, communicative, functional parental relationship in the whole of 'Great Expectations,' even among the minor characters.
6
Michelle Rodriguez
I think empathy is a beautiful thing. I think that's the power of film though. We have one of the most powerful, one of the greatest communicative tools known to man.
7
Tom Skerritt
Obviously, if a director doesn't communicative a clear, relevant vision of the material, it will not succeed no matter how good the material.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMMUNICATIVE»

Discover the use of communicative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to communicative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Theory of Communicative Action: Reason and the ...
Theory of Communicative Action, Volume 1 is a Beacon Press publication. The key to his notion of reaching understanding is the possibility of using reasons or grounds to gain intersubjective recognition for criticizable validity claims.
Jürgen Habermas, 1984
2
Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroom
Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroom provides a balanced introduction to both the theoretical and practical aspects of communicative task design, and is aimed at all second and foreign language teachers who want to develop their ...
David Nunan, 1989
3
Communicative Language Teaching: An Introduction
The communicative approach is changing the face of foreign language teaching. It provides an introduction to communicative language teaching for practising classroom teachers.
William Littlewood, 1981
4
The Theory of Communicative Action: Lifeworld and system : a ...
Theory of Communicative Action, Volume 2 is a Beacon Press publication.
Jurgen Habermas, Jürgen Habermas, 1989
5
Linguistic and Communicative Competence: Topics in ESL
An anthology of articles on teaching English to speakers of other languages.
Christina Bratt Paulston, 1992
6
The Communicative Value of Intonation in English
The revised edition of David Brazil's seminal work The Communicative Value of Intonation in English.
David Brazil, 1997
7
Communicative Syllabus Design: A Sociolinguistic Model for ...
This book provides a model for specifying the syllabus content relevant to the differing needs of ESP learners.
‎1981
8
Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action
This long-awaited book sets out the implications of Habermas's theory of communicative action for moral theory.
Jürgen Habermas, 1990
9
Neuroscience for the Study of Communicative Disorders
This concise, yet comprehensive, user-friendly book is the only neuroscience text that meets the educational needs of students who study communication disorders. For more information, visit http://connection.LWW.com/go/bhatnager.
Subhash Chandra Bhatnagar, 2002
10
What is the Matter with Communicative Competence?: An ...
This book integrates recent findings of linguistic research into ELT.
Reinhold Peterwagner, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMMUNICATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term communicative is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Why small talk is so excruciating
In some circumstances, speech acts take on an almost entirely communicative role: a surgeon narrating her surgery; a surveillance pilot ... «Vox, Jul 15»
2
Odd Mom Out: “Midwife Crisis”
... the two cut all communicative ties with their partners despite the fact that Brooke is scheduled for a Caesarian section the very next day. «A.V. Club, Jul 15»
3
Wimbledon 2015: How Roger Federer inspires global devotion
"The ability to crack jokes and make subtle articulate points, to speak it like a first language, makes it easy to be communicative and human to ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
4
Serosorting in the Age of PrEP
If everyone's being open and communicative about their status, we have plenty of tools at our disposal that needn't include self-segregation. υ. «Advocate.com, Jul 15»
5
Doctors refuse man's request to have organs donated because he …
Surgeons were uneasy about procuring organs from someone who was not only alive a few minutes earlier, but aware and communicative, ... «National Post, Jul 15»
6
Petrolicious examines a very special Jaguar C-Type
"What I love about these cars is how communicative they are on the road," Swig told Petrolicious. "How when you're going through a corner, ... «Autoblog, Jul 15»
7
Achieving a Cohesive Organizational Culture
An example of this practice is that of a bank developing a knowledge repository and communicative knowledge-sharing system, along with its ... «ATD, Jul 15»
8
Beyond bad: A closer look at Kobe's contract torpedo
... interested and they infamously missed out on LaMarcus Aldridge, as Bryant was reportedly non-communicative during the pitch meeting. «Sportsnet.ca, Jul 15»
9
Trustees Slammed In Review Of WSD Governance
... the auspices of the Superintendent/CEO, of all violations of the administrative and communicative protocols outlined in the Board By-laws. «CJOB, Jul 15»
10
Taking the moral high ground drives motivation to intervene in public …
Further research is needed to understand the relationship between morality and politeness in a wider range of communicative contexts and ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Communicative [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/communicative>. Apr 2024 ».
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