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communicable

Syllabification: (com·mu·ni·ca·ble)
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Definition of communicable

adjective

  • able to be communicated to others:the value of the product must be communicable to the potential consumers
  • (of a disease) able to be transmitted from one sufferer to another; contagious or infectious.

Derivatives

communicability

noun

communicably

Pronunciation: /-blē/
adverb

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'communicating, having communication'): from Old French, from late Latin communicabilis, from the verb communicare 'to share' (see communicate)

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Definition of communicable in the British & World English dictionary
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