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Transmit

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Verb

1. communicate, convey, transmit

transfer to another

Example Sentences:
'communicate a disease'

2. carry, channel, conduct, convey, impart, transmit

transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

Example Sentences:
'Sound carries well over water'
'The airwaves carry the sound'
'Many metals conduct heat'

3. air, beam, broadcast, send, transmit

broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

Example Sentences:
'We cannot air this X-rated song'

4. channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport

send from one person or place to another

Example Sentences:
'transmit a message'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Transmit

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verb -mits, -mitting or -mitted
1. (transitive)
to pass or cause to go from one place or person to another; transfer
2. (transitive)
to pass on or impart (a disease, infection, etc)
3. (transitive)
to hand down to posterity
4. (tr; usually passive)
to pass (an inheritable characteristic) from parent to offspring
5. 
to allow the passage of (particles, energy, etc)
radio waves are transmitted through the atmosphere
6. 
a. 
to send out (signals) by means of radio waves or along a transmission line
b. 
to broadcast (a radio or television programme)
7. (transitive)
to transfer (a force, motion, power, etc) from one part of a mechanical system to another

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Transmit

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verb transitiveWord forms: transˈmitted or transˈmitting
1. 
to send or cause to go from one person or place to another, esp. across intervening space or distance; transfer; dispatch; convey
2. 
to pass along; impart (a disease, etc.)
3. 
to hand down to others by heredity, inheritance, etc.
4. 
to communicate (news, etc.)
5. 
a. 
to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through air or some other medium
the sun transmits heat and light
b. 
to allow the passage of; conduct
water transmits sound
6. 
to convey (force, movement, etc.) from one mechanical part to another
7. 
to send out (radio or television broadcasts, etc.) by electromagnetic waves
verb intransitive
8. 
to send out radio or television signals

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Transmit

see synonyms of transmit
v. trans·mit·ted, trans·mit·ting, trans·mits
v.tr.
1. To send from one person, thing, or place to another; convey. See Synonyms at send1.
2. To cause to spread; pass on: transmit an infection.
3.
a. To impart or convey to others by heredity.
b. To impart or convey to others by inheritance.
4. To pass along (news or information); communicate.
5.
a. Electronics To send (a signal), as by wire or radio.
b. Physics To cause (a disturbance) to propagate through a medium.
6. To convey (force or energy) from one part of a mechanism to another.
v.intr.
To send out a signal.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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