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umbrella(dictionary)
Umbrella(medicine)
Tax umbrella(money)
Tax umbrella(finance)
Umbrella policy(finance)
Umbrella fund(finance)
Umbrella policy(money)
Umbrella - Ice Hockey(gambling)
Umbrella Ball - Bowling(gambling)

communicate (oh) and umbrella (oh)


communicate (oh)



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1 ?exchange information?
2 ?tell people something?
3 ?understand?
4 ?disease?
5 ?rooms?
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[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of communicare 'to give information, take part', from communis; COMMON1]
?EXCHANGE INFORMATION?
[I and T] to exchange information or conversation with Other people, using words, signs, Writing etc
::We communicated mostly by e-mail.
communicate with
::People use more than words when they communicate with each Other.
communicate sth to sb
::The decision was communicated to our staff late in 1998.
?TELL PEOPLE SOMETHING?
[I and T] to express your thoughts and feelings clearly, so that Other people understand them
::A baby communicates its needs by crying.
communicate sth to sb
::Without meaning to, she communicated her anxiety to her child.
::His enthusiasm communicated itself to the voters.
::A teacher must be able to communicate effectively to students.
?UNDERSTAND?
[I] if two people communicate, they are able to talk about and understand each Other's feelings or desires
::Many couples make themselves miserable by not communicating.
communicate with
::Parents sometimes find it difficult to communicate with their teenage children.
?DISEASE?
[T usually passive] to pass a disease from one person or animal to another
-see also communicable communicable
?ROOMS?
[I] if rooms or parts of a building communicate, you can get directly to one from the Other
::communicating doors

umbrella (oh)




[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Italian; Origin: ombrella, from Latin umbella, from umbra; UMBRAGE]
an object that you use to protect yourself against rain or hot sun. It consists of a circular folding frame covered in cloth
-see also parasol parasol
::It started to rain, so Tricia stopped to put up her umbrella .
::I spent the day on the beach, lying under a beach umbrella , reading.
umbrella organization/group/agency etc
an organization that includes many smaller groups
umbrella term/word/title etc
a word whose meaning includes many different types of a particular thing
::District nurses, Health visitors, and school nurses will come under the umbrella term 'community nursing'.
(come/work etc) under the umbrella of sth
to be part of a larger organization or involved in the work done by it
::The international Education program came under the umbrella of the State Department.
the protection given by a powerful country, army, a weapons system etc
::the American nuclear umbrella over western Europe