communing
present participle ofcommune
commune
verb[I]
formaluk/kəˈmjuː.n/us/kəˈmjuː.n/to get verycloseto someone or something byexchangingfeelingsorthoughts:
Lyingnakedin thegrass, among thetreesandbirds, hefelthe was communingwithnature.
Empathy and sensitivity
- attuned
- commune
- communicate
- communion
- compathy
- emotional intelligence
- empathy
- identify
- identify withsomeone
- putyourselfinsomeone'splace/position/shoesidiom
- rapport
- relate
- self-discovery
- sensitive
- sensitively
- sensitiveness
- sympathetically
- theory of mind
- understand
- understanding
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Examplesofcommuning
communing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
In this version of the liturgy we are alreadycommuningwith one who died in pain and with no signs of hope.
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As previously discussed, movement content, form, and dynamic qualities began to emerge through an organic process of experiencing andcommuningwith the site.
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This seems like more than a suggestion of resolution, and could signal the closing off an intensecommuningwith the music, however unpleasant the specific tones might have seemed.
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Inside structures, the ruler was portrayed participating in ritual,communingwith the supernatural, performing acts that the other members of the elite could not.
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Hongo's unearthing of buried family history and stories must be understood as a natural result of hiscommuningwith the land.
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I gather that he is nowcommuningwith a cup of tea, but we understood his strong feeling against the closed-list system.
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It is a way ofcommuningwith yourself, of searching out your spiritual life and trying to make it better.
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Her plan was to camp in the open air for three days and nights, eating little, seeing no one,communingwith the great outdoors.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Swanmays rarely associate with other creatures, onlycommuningregularly with feys, sylvan elves, and certain priests.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Druid spells are typically devoted tocommuningwith nature, interpreting or directing the weather, communicating with creatures and plants, and the like.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They will increase their prayer rule, adding the prescribed prayers in preparation forcommuning.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Local tourists usually visit during the holy week for picnic, hiking, andcommuningwith nature.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Heavily autobiographical and deeply personal, these essays are not cheerful ramblings on the joy ofcommuningwith nature.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Most followers are psions and psychic warriors, seeking to perfect themselves through meditation andcommuningwith the light.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This step is repeated indefinitely until the ritualist reaches a state between sleep and wakefulness in whichcommuningwith a higher power may occur.
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- reanalysis
- reap
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- reappear
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- reapplied
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- reappoint
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- reappraisal
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- reappropriation
- reap the benefit, reward, etc.
- reap-the-benefit-reward-etc
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