Question

Patterns can be used to send messages, sounds of voices, and images. These patterns transfer information, allowing people to ________ over long distances.

Answer 1

Communicate/talk/speak.

Answer 2

These patterns transfer information, allowing people to communicate with each other over long distances.

This works IF ...

-- the patterns are understood and agreed by the people at both ends, and

-- the pattern that is sent doesn't get changed or covered up along the way, and

-- the person at the receiving end has some way to detect the pattern when it reaches her.