Transmit

//tɹænsˈmɪt// verb

verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another. transitive
  2. 2
    broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television wordnet
  3. 3
    To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal). transitive
  4. 4
    send from one person or place to another wordnet
  5. 5
    To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity. transitive
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  1. 6
    transmit or serve as the medium for transmission wordnet
  2. 7
    To communicate (news or information, especially electronically). intransitive, transitive
  3. 8
    transfer to another wordnet
  4. 9
    To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium. transitive

    "The tractive and braking forces are transmitted to the body through a downward projecting pivot pin in the normal way."

  5. 10
    To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive). intransitive, transitive

    "A Mayday call was transmitted by the stricken vessel."

  6. 11
    To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated. intransitive

    "The Mayday call transmitted successfully."

Synonyms

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broadcastbroadcastconductconveyabalienateadd a codicil

Example

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"Flashing lights transmit messages between ships and to motorists along city streets."

Etymology

From Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”, verb, literally “across-send”).

Related phrases

cross-transmitpress-to-transmitpush-to-transmithand downpass on

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