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to commune

to commune

9 7.8
To feel a close, quiet connection with nature or another person
  • verb
  • /kəˈmjun/
: estar en comunión con
  • I think I'll take a walk in the woods and commune with trees.
  • commune with God

Are you open to them or do we want to commune more informally?

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Examples

  • To commune with my dear husband's spirit.

  • So like a lot of time to just commune with myself.

  • O You can commune with God because your life is the life of God.

  • To commune with nature and get a handle on the next day's weather.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Every moment is an opportunity to commune with God.

    Blog text (17)
  • We must consistently commune with him every day throughout the day.

    Blog text (26)
  • I feel a sudden urge to commune with nature.

  • And as we live in an ever urbanizing planet, people have more and more desire and need to commune with nature.

  • Hemingway, our greatest writer, he returned to Idaho to the sky and the snow and the stars, and he communed with nature.

  • While hiking in the mountains, she took a moment to commune with the serene beauty of nature.

Antonyms

256 4.2

To keep someone or something apart from others

How Connected

to commune
9 7.8
to confide
113 4.6
to share
711 1.0
to talk
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

commune infinitive
communed past
communed past participle
communing present participle
communes third person singular

Etymology

Commune meaning to share a deep feeling comes from Latin communis 'shared' and is related to communion and community. So to commune with nature or another person is to 'share' an intimate or spiritual connection.