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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 |
adverb + (v.)transmit
automatically, easily, efficiently, genetically, knowingly, readily, sexually, simultaneously
(v.)transmit
+ adverb
culturally, digitally, directly, electronically, instantaneously, instantly, orally, primarily, wirelessly
(v.)transmit
+ noun
analog,
beam,
bite,
brain,
button,
cattle,
channel,
code,
command,
communication,
computer,
contact,
coordinate,
copy,
data,
disease,
document,
e-mail,
electricity,
fax,
fiber,
file,
flea,
fluid,
fly,
frequency,
generation,
human,
image,
impulse,
infection,
information,
knowledge,
laser,
load,
malaria,
message,
needle,
organism,
packet,
pathogen,
picture,
plague,
programming,
pulse,
radio,
saliva,
satellite,
sensation,
signal,
sound,
stick,
telephone,
text,
torque,
tower,
tradition,
vector,
video,
virus,
wave,
wire
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| derivations: |
transmittable (adj.), transmittal (n.) |
The word transmit
contains the following parts:
tra-, trans-
Latin
prefix
that means across, over, to the other side
  Example words:
intransigent, intransitive, neurotransmitter, traduce, trajectory, transact, transatlantic, transceiver, transcend, transcendent, transcribe, transcript, transect, transept, transfer, transfigure, transfix, transform, transfuse, transgress, transient, transit, transition, transitive, translate, transliterate, translucent, transmissible, transmit, transmute, transonic, transparent, transpire, transplant, transport, transpose, transsexual, transuranic, transverse, transvestite, traverse
mit, mis1, mitt, miss, -mise
Latin
root
that means send, let go
Example words:
admissible, admission, admit, admittance, admittedly, commissar, commissariat, commissary, commission, commissioner, commit, commitment, committed, committee, compromise, demise, dismiss, dismissal, emissary, emission, emit, impermissible, intermit, intromit, irremissible, manumit, missal, missile, missilery, mission, missionary, missive, omit, permissible, permission, permissive, permit, premise, pretermit, promise, promisee, promising, promisor, promissory note, recommit, remiss, remissible, remission, remit, remittal, remittance, remittent, submission, submissive, submit, surmise, transmissible, transmission, transmit, transmitter, uncommitted, uncompromising, unremitting
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