Communicate
Communicate verb - To cause (something) to pass from one to another.
Lay out and communicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lay out" instead a verb "Communicate".
Lay out
Lay out verb - To hand over or use up in payment.
Communicate and lay out are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Communicate" instead a verb "Lay out".
Both terms in one sentence
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When Captain Kirk's survey party is trapped on a planet without means of communication, they lay out a series of symbols once used by stranded airmen to communicate with the Enterprise.
Source: Island Help Message - Island Help Message: In the Star Trek novel Planet of Judgment, when Captain Kirk's survey party is trapped on a planet without means of communication, they lay out a series of symbols once used by stranded airmen to communicate with the Enterprise.
Source: Creator / Joe Haldeman
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Lay out and Communicate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/communicate/lay_out
Communicate & Lay out. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/communicate/lay_out>.
Lay out or Communicate. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/communicate/lay_out.
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