communicative

com·mu·ni·ca·tive

(kə-myo͞o′nĭ-kā′tĭv, -kə-tĭv)

adj.

1. Inclined to communicate readily; talkative.

2. Of or relating to communication.

com·mu′ni·ca′tive·ly adv.

com·mu′ni·ca′tive·ness n.

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communicative

(kəˈmjuːnɪkətɪv)

adj

1. inclined or able to communicate readily; talkative

2. (Communications & Information) of or relating to communication

comˈmunicatively adv

comˈmunicativeness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

com•mu•ni•ca•tive

(kəˈmyu nɪˌkeɪ tɪv, -kə tɪv)

also com•mu•ni•ca•to•ry

(-kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i)

adj.

1. inclined to communicate or impart; talkative.

2. of or pertaining to communication.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin]

com•mu′ni•ca`tive•ly, adv.

com•mu′ni•ca`tive•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	communicative - of or relating to communication; "communicative arts"
	2.	communicative - able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray communicatory articulate - expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language; "articulate speech"; "an articulate orator"; "articulate beings" voluble - marked by a ready flow of speech; "she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations" incommunicative, uncommunicative - not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions

communicative

adjective talkative, open, frank, forthcoming, outgoing, informative, candid, expansive, chatty, voluble, loquacious, unreserved She has become a lot more tolerant and communicative.
reserved, quiet, secretive, reticent, taciturn, uncommunicative, uninformative, untalkative

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

communicative

adjective

Disposed to be open, sociable, and talkative:

communicable, expansive, extraverted, extroverted, gregarious, outgoing, unreserved.

Translations

كَثيرُ الكَلام

komunikativnísdílný

åbenmeddelsom

kommunikativ gesprächig

comunicativo

abordable communicatif

közlékenybeszédes

ræîinn, skrafhreifinn

communicative

[kəˈmjuːnɪkətɪv] ADJ → comunicativo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

communicative

[kəˈmjuːnɪkətɪv] adj

(= willing to talk) [person] → loquace
to become more communicative → devenir plus loquace

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

communicative

adj → mitteilsam, gesprächig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

communicative

[kəˈmjuːnɪkətɪv] adj (gen) → loquace
communicative skills (Scol) → capacità f inv espressive

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

communicate

(kəˈmjuːnikeit) verb

1. to tell (information etc). She communicated the facts to him.

2. to get in touch (with). It's difficult to communicate with her now that she has left the country.

comˌmuniˈcation noun

1. (an act, or means, of) conveying information. Communication is difficult in some remote parts of the country.

2. a piece of information given, a letter etc. I received your communication in this morning's post.

comˌmuniˈcations noun plural

means of sending messages or of transporting (eg troops and supplies).

comˈmunicative (-tiv) adjective

(negative uncommunicative) talkative; sociable. She's not very communicative this morning.

communication cord

a chain etc in a railway carriage, to be pulled in an emergency.

communiˈcations ˌsatellite noun

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In fact, he seems to have been a very sociable, communicative old man; by no means afflicted with that taciturnity generally charged upon the Indians.

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He was no more communicative than he had been before.

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Mrs Honour, therefore, had heard the whole story of Molly's shame; which she, being of a very communicative temper, had no sooner entered the apartment of her mistress, than she began to relate in the following manner:--

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Marianne's countenance was more communicative. Edward saw enough to comprehend, not only the meaning of others, but such of Marianne's expressions as had puzzled him before; and when their visitors left them, he went immediately round her, and said, in a whisper, "I have been guessing.

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He was very communicative last night, and told me more of his life.

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Who calls himself Canadian calls himself French; and, little communicative as Ned Land was, I must admit that he took a certain liking for me.

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Young lady, I am disposed to be gregarious and communicative to-night."

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In fact, he had found that his fads added to his reputation as a pudd'nhead; there, he was growing chary of being too communicative about them.

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Weston, however, too eager to be very observant, too communicative to want others to talk, was very well satisfied with what she did say, and soon moved away to make the rest of his friends happy by a partial communication of what the whole room must have overheard already.

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There was nothing of presumption or folly in Bingley that could provoke his ridicule, or disgust him into silence; and he was more communicative, and less eccentric, than the other had ever seen him.

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Thorpe, most happy to be on speaking terms with a man of General Tilney's importance, had been joyfully and proudly communicative; and being at that time not only in daily expectation of Morland's engaging Isabella, but likewise pretty well resolved upon marrying Catherine himself, his vanity induced him to represent the family as yet more wealthy than his vanity and avarice had made him believe them.

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what did I tell you?" whispered the communicative guard in the ear of the culprit.

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