transmit
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- 12
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- 8
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Definition of transmit
7 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- (transitive)To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
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verb
- (transitive)To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
- (transitive)To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).
- (transitive)To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity.
- (intransitive, transitive)To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).
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(transitive)To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium.
“The tractive and braking forces are transmitted to the body through a downward projecting pivot pin in the normal way.”
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(intransitive, transitive)To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive).
“A Mayday call was transmitted by the stricken vessel.”
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(intransitive)To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated.
“The Mayday call transmitted successfully.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”, verb, literally “across-send”).
Words you can make from transmit
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3 words6-letter words
21 words5-letter words
49 words- AMINS 7 pts
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65 words- AIMS 6 pts
- AMIN 6 pts
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3-letter words
48 words- AIM 5 pts
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2-letter words
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