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to telecommunicate

to telecommunicate

1 5.6
Use phone, email or video to talk to someone far away
  • verb
  • /ˌtɛlɪˈkɒmjunɪˌkeɪt/
translation icon : telecomunicar
  • Our leader was Peter Hutcher, a pioneer telecommunicating educator who had made contact with Russian educators through his efforts in the international telecommunication network, WorldClassroom.

Examples

  • Many businesses require employees to telecommunicate from home using video conferencing tools.

  • We agreed to telecommunicate in the future.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Then each team entered their results into a specially designed software program that allowed the class to average their results and then telecommunicate them via modem to a national computer.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Telephoning or telegramming or telecommunicating in some kind of way on a wire there's a word that's a word.

  • We decided to telecommunicate via email to save time on our project.

  • During the pandemic, many people learned to telecommunicate with colleagues through messaging apps.

Synonyms

to contact
vsto telecommunicate
∞ 2.5

To communicate with someone by phone or writing

focuses on electronic long distance communication rather than other ways
to telephone
vsto telecommunicate
20 1.0

To call someone to speak with them

uses electronic methods across long distance not limited to voice calls
to telecon
vsto telecommunicate
  • Jargon
5.0

To join a meeting by phone or video

covers any long distance electronic communication in general
to intercommunicate
vsto telecommunicate
6.5

To share thoughts, feelings, or information with each other

can be one way or mutual while using long distance electronic methods

How Immediate

to videoconference
  • Texting
3.5
to telecommunicate
1 5.6
to write
926 1.0

Surface Forms

telecommunicate infinitive
telecommunicated past
telecommunicated past participle
telecommunicating present participle
telecommunicates third person singular

Morphology

telecommunicate = communicate (transparent) = tele + communicate

The meaning is directly compositional: 'tele-' adds the sense of distance to 'communicate'.

Etymology

Telecommunicate combines the prefix tele- meaning 'far' and the word communicate meaning 'to share information'. You can see the same tele- in telephone and television, so to telecommunicate is to share information with someone who is far away, often by phone, email, or video.