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