communicable
adjective/kəˈmjuːnɪkəbl/
/kəˈmjuːnɪkəbl/
(formal)- that somebody can pass on to other people or communicate to somebody else
- communicable diseases
- The value of the product must be communicable to the potential consumers.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCommunicable is used with these nouns:- disease
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘communicating, having communication’): from Old French, from late Latin communicabilis, from the verb communicare ‘to share’, from communis ‘common’.Want to learn more?
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