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to commune

to commune

9 7.8
To feel a close, quiet connection with nature or another person
  • verb
  • /kəˈmjun/
translation icon : 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.