Definition

1. Verb:
   • To send or pass something from one person, place, or thing to another: This is the core meaning, involving the transfer of information, signals, or objects.
   • To broadcast or send out a signal, program, or information via radio waves, television, or other electronic means: This refers specifically to electronic communication.
   • To serve as a medium or channel for the passage or conveyance of something: This describes the property of allowing something (like sound, heat, or a disease) to pass through or along.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • The satellite will transmit the data back to Earth.
  • Radio stations transmit their signals over specific frequencies.
  • Glass transmits light but not sound.
  • Some insects can transmit diseases to humans.

Advanced Usage

• "to transmit a signal": to send out an electronic or coded message.
  • The beacon transmits a distress signal every hour.
• "to transmit knowledge": to pass on information or understanding.
  • Teachers transmit knowledge to their students.
• "to be transmitted through": to be passed or carried via a specific medium.
  • The virus is transmitted through bodily fluids.

Variants and Related Words

• Transmission (n): The act or process of transmitting, or the thing that is transmitted.
  • The transmission of the live broadcast was flawless.
• Transmitter (n): A device or person that sends out a signal or message.
  • The radio transmitter is located on the hill.
• Transmissible (adj): Capable of being transmitted, especially a disease.
  • The disease is highly transmissible.

Synonyms

• Send: To cause to go or be taken to a destination.
• Convey: To transport or carry; to communicate (an idea or feeling).
• Broadcast: To transmit by radio or television.
• Carry: To support and move (someone or something) from one place to another; to conduct (sound, electricity, etc.).
• Communicate: To share or exchange information, news, or ideas.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Transmit" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. Its meaning is typically expressed directly or with prepositions like "to" or "through.")

Related Idioms

(Note: There are no common idioms that use the word "transmit" as their core component.)

Verb

1. send from one person or place to another
   • transmit a message
2. broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
   • We cannot air this X-rated song
3. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
   • Sound carries well over water
   • The airwaves carry the sound
   • Many metals conduct heat
4. transfer to another
   • communicate a disease