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- pronunciation:
- traenz
mIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
transmits, transmitting, transmitted |
| definition 1: |
to send or convey from a source to a destination.
The message was transmitted by wire from London to Paris.We need to transmit this information to our regional office.- synonyms:
- convey, dispatch, send
- similar words:
- carry, deliver, direct, forward, relay, transfer
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| definition 2: |
to communicate or broadcast (news or other information).
This channel transmits the news continuously.- synonyms:
- broadcast, communicate, disseminate
- similar words:
- carry, circulate, convey, diffuse, impart, radio, release, send, telecast, televise
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| definition 3: |
to pass on or spread (disease).
The disease can be transmitted by coughing.He transmitted the infection to his wife.- synonyms:
- communicate
- similar words:
- carry, impart, pass, spread
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| definition 4: |
to hand down genetically, as from parent to child.
The disease gene was transmitted to the offspring.- similar words:
- bequeath, endow, hand down, impart, pass, propagate
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| definition 5: |
to pass, allow to pass, or cause to pass something: (light, motion, sound, force, or the like) through or along.
Water transmits sound effectively.- synonyms:
- carry, conduct, convey
- similar words:
- channel, propagate, relay, send
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| related words: |
dispatch, flash, give, move, project, radiate, remit, transport |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to send a signal by electromagnetic waves.
The campus radio station transmits from ten o'clock in the morning to nine o'clock in the evening.- similar words:
- emit, send
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| related words: |
broadcast, radiate |
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| derivations: |
transmittable (adj.), transmittal (n.) |
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