communing

verb

present participle of commune
as in relating
to form a close personal relationship after a week in the wilderness, the scouts were really starting to commune with nature

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Recent Examples of communing But that’s preferable to the movie’s swerve into saccharine grief therapy, as Jay starts communing with Mitt once the dead dad and the whale become a single soul. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026 For well-heeled, globe-trotting diners, Noma offered an escape from modernity and the sensation of communing with something more elemental and earthbound. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 Trotz believes these hues are never going away because people always want to be communing with nature. — Farima Ferguson, The Spruce, 6 Sep. 2026 Even so, in a digital world increasingly impacted by algorithms and all manner of AI, the allure of performers and music fans communing — live and in real time — cannot be underestimated. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2026 But the main event was Madonna communing with the nearly 3,000 fans at the premiere, most of whom have followed her for decades. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 June 2026 Since releasing Mayhem, her first new LP since 2020’s Chromatica, Mother Monster has been communing with her disciples around the world on an extensive tour, which included a massive free concert at Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach last year. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 15 May 2026 Walking with God means obeying, trusting, listening to, and communing with God, who is Love divine. — Cynthia Cowen, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2026 The team were meek in defeat, but after a weekend carousing and communing in central London, Newcastle fans arrived at Wembley with a collective hangover. — George Caulkin, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for communing
  1. relating
  2. bonding
  3. clicking
Verb
  • Conflict with Indigenous peoples on the Maine frontier had sent traumatized refugees into the region, relating horror stories of attacks on their homes.
    — Jennifer Byrne, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Vollmann was also pessimistic, relating that feeling comes from more than America’s current political issues, but also from the world’s environmental problems.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of relating
Verb
  • Electrons can then leak out of the chain, bonding with oxygen in the wrong parts of the mitochondria to form highly reactive free radicals that attack and deform neighboring molecules.
    — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Moore said there are no planned team-bonding events to tour Paris or any other area.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of bonding
Verb
  • Inspect the link without opening it On a computer, hover your mouse over a button or link without clicking.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • All Googlebooks have a metal chassis, and while most include hinge mechanisms beneath their touchpads, the Lenovo Googlebook has haptic motors beneath the touchpads to simulate the clicking sensation.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of clicking

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“Communing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communing. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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