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- pronunciation:
- ih
mIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
emits, emitting, emitted |
| definition 1: |
to send out or discharge.
The older buses have begun to emit fumes.The rotting food emitted an awful odor.Landfills emit large amounts of methane.These bulbs emit a much stronger light than the old ones.- synonyms:
- discharge, emanate, expel, issue
- antonyms:
- absorb
- similar words:
- evolve, exhaust, exude, fume, ooze, radiate, release, send, shed, vent
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| definition 2: |
to give voice to.
The man next to me emitted a short laugh as he looked at his phone.- synonyms:
- utter
- similar words:
- vocalize, voice
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| definition 3: |
to issue formally or officially, as a decree or currency.
- similar words:
- issue, publish
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| related words: |
belch, erupt, exhale, expel, heave, leak, pass, project, secrete, send, spout, transmit, void, well |
(v.)emit
+ adverb
primarily, strongly
(v.)emit
+ noun
air,
alarm,
alpha,
amount,
atmosphere,
aura,
bark,
beam,
beep,
beta,
bubble,
burst,
carbon,
cloud,
combustion,
cry,
decay,
diesel,
diode,
dioxide,
dioxin,
dust,
electron,
energy,
exhaust,
frequency,
fume,
gamma,
glow,
greenhouse,
groan,
growl,
grunt,
heat,
hiss,
hum,
hydrocarbon,
incinerator,
jet,
laugh,
light,
mercury,
microwave,
monoxide,
neutrino,
noise,
nucleus,
odor,
oxide,
ozone,
pheromone,
photon,
pollutant,
pollution,
pound,
puff,
pulse,
quantity,
quasar,
radar,
radiation,
radio,
ray,
scent,
scream,
shriek,
sigh,
signal,
smell,
smoke,
sound,
spark,
squeal,
steam,
stream,
substance,
sulfur,
ton,
tone,
vapor,
waste,
wave,
wavelength,
whistle,
x-ray
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| derivation: |
emitter (n.) |
The word emit
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
ebullient, edentulous, edict, educate, educe, egregious, egress, ejaculate, eject, elaborate, elate, elect, elicit, elide, eligible, elite, elocution, elongate, eloquence, eloquent, elucidate, elude, emaciate, emancipate, emasculate, emend, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emissary, emit, emollient, emolument, emulsion, enervate, enormity, enormous, enumerate, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, eruct, erudite, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, evanesce, event, eventuate, evert, evict, evident, evocative, evoke, evolution, evolve, ineluctable, ineradicable
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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